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THE  PUBLIC  SERVICE 
COMMISSION  OF  OHIO, 
in  Formal  Proceedings 


FROM  JULY  1st,  1911 
TO  MAY  1st,  1912 


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From  July  ist,  1911  to  May  1st,  1912 


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Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

The  Southern  Hotel  Company, 

Complainant. 


vs. 


>-  Formal  No.  i. 


The  Union  Depot  Company, 

Defendant.  ^ 


ENTRY  QF  DISMISSAL. 


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Now  comes  the  complainant,  and  represents  to  the  Commission  that, 
since  the  hearing  herein,  it  has  sold  and  disposed, of  .the  Southern  Hotel 
Company,  by  reason  whereof  it  has  no  further  interest  in  this  proceed- 
ing, and  asks  that  the  same  be  dismissed. 

On  consideration  whereof,  The  Public  Service  Commission,  being 
fully  advised  in  the  premises,  grants  said  request. 

It  is  therefore  ordered  that  the  proceeding  be  and  the  same  is  here- 
by dismissed. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twenty-third  day  of  November,  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


The  Gratiot  and  Brownsville  Telephone' 
Company, 

Complainant. 


vs. 


* Formal  No.  2. 


The  Brownsville  Farmers"  Telephone  Com- 


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PANY, 


Defendant D 


This  matter  came  on  for  hearing  upon  the  motion  of  defendant  to 
dismiss  the  complaint  herein,  for  the  reason,  amongst  others,  that  the 
complainant  should  apply  to  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  instead  of  the 
Commission  for  the  relief  prayed  for. 

And  it  appearing  to  the  Commission  that  since  hearing  said  motion, 
complainant  has  filed  a petition  for  relief  in  the  Common  Pleas  Court 


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of  Licking  County,  and  has  obtained  an  order  restraining  defendant 
from  proceeding  with  the  construction  of  its  telephone  line,  which  line 
complainant  says  is  being  constructed  in  violation  of  law,  and  such  being 
the  only  relief  which  this  Commission  could  bring  to  the  aid  of  com- 
plainant, under  the  petition,  said  complainant  is  left  to  its  remedy  now 
sought  in  the  courts,  and  the  petition  herein  is  dismissed. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twenty-ninth  day  of  September,  1911. 

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Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The 
Marion  Water  Company,  of  Marion, 
Ohio,  for  Authority  to  Issue  Au- 
thorized Preferred  Stock  in  the  Sum  of 
Six  Thousand,  Eight  Hundred  and 
Twenty  Dollars. 


>-  Formal  No.  3. 

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The  Marion  Water  Company,  of  Marion,  Ohio,  having  on  July  21,. 
1911,  filed  its  petition  for  authority  to  issue  Six  Thousand,  Eight  Hund- 
red and  Twenty  Dollars  ($6,820.00)  authorized  preferred  capital  stock 
for  the  purpose  of  making  extensions  to  its  £lant,  and  the  time  of  hear- 
ing said  matter  having  been  fixed  for  Tuesday,  the  Twenty-fifth  day  of 
July,  1911,  at  2 o’clock  P.  M.,  and  due  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of 
said  hearing  being  given,  this  day  the  same  came  on  to  be  heard;  after 
hearing  the  evidence  and  making  such  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the 
Commission  deemed  proper,  and  it  appearing  that  the  proceeds  of  the 
sale  of  said  authorized  preferred  capital  stock  are  to  be  used  for  the  dis- 
charge of  the  lawful  obligations  of  said  Marion  Water  Company,  to-wit: 
Necessary  expense  to  be  incurred  in  the  construction  of  five  thousand, 
four  hundred  and  fifty-six  feet  of  extension^ to  the  mains  of  said  company, 
with  necessary  hydrants,  said  extensions  having  been  ordered  by  the 
municipality  of  Marion,  Ohio. 

Now,  upon  due  consideration  of  the  petition  herein,  accompanying 
exhibits,  and  the  evidence,  it  is 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Marion  Water  Company  be,  and  it  is  here- 
by authorized  to  issue  sixty-eight  (68)  shares  of  said  authorized  pre- 
ferred capital  stock  at  the  par  value  of  One  Hundred  Dollars  ($100.00) 
a share,  amounting  at  par  value  to  Six  Thousand  Eight  Hundred  Dollars 
($6,800.00),  that  said  shares  be  sold  at  not  less  than  the  par  value  there- 
of, it  being  the  opinion  and  finding  of  this  Commission  that  the  capital 
to  be  secured  by  the  issue  of  said  sixty-eight  (68)  shares  of  preferred 


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■capital  stock  is  reasonably  required  for  the  said  purpose  of  the  corpora- 
tion. It  is  further 

Ordered,  That  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  preferred 
capital  stock  be  devoted  by  said  The  Marion  Water  Company  to,  and 
used  for,  the  following  purposes,  and  no  other,  to-wit : The  discharge 
of  its  lawful  obligation  incurred  in  the  extension  of  its  mains  and  in- 
stallation of  hydrants  as  herein  set  out.  It  is  further 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Marion  Water  Company  make  verified 
report  to  the  Commission  as  follows : Upon  the  sale  of  said  Sixty-eight 
(68)  shares  of  preferred  capital  stock,  or  any  part  thereof,  the  fact  of 
such  sale ; the  terms  and  conditions  of  sale ; the  amounts  realized 
therefrom,  which  shall  not  be  less  than  the  par  value  of  said  preferred 
stock.  At  the  termination  of  each  and  every  period  of  six  (6)  months 
from  the  date  of  this  order,  the  disposition  and  use  made  of  the  pro- 
ceeds of  said  preferred  capital  stock,  setting  forth  in  reasonable  detail, 
the  purposes  to  which  the  proceeds  have  been  devoted  in  accordance 
with  the  provisions  of  this  order;  and  that  such  report  shall  be  made 
until  all  the  proceeds  of  said  preferred  capital  stock  have  been  expended 
pursuant  to  this  order. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  August  io,  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


W.  N.  Webster, 

Complainant. 

f Formal  No.  6. 

The  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  Company,  j 

Defendant,  j 

It  appearing-  that  this  complaint  has  been  satisfied  by  defendant 
making  Charlestown  a flag  stop,  this  case  is,  therefor  dismissed. 
Columbus,  Ohio,  April  5,  1912. 


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Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


The  Henry  Burkhardt  Packing  Company,  ^ 

Complainant: 

> Formal  No.  7. 


American  Express  Company, 

Defendant.  ^ 


This  case  is  submitted  under  the  provisions  of  sections  579-580  of 
the  General  Code,  as  amended  May  9th,  1910,  O.  L.  Vol.  101,  page  173. 

The  complaint,  with  the  complainant’s  affidavits  and  exhibits,  was 
filed  August  22nd,  1911.  The  defendant’s  answer  and  counter  affidavits 
were  filed  September  15th,  1911.  Upon  examination  of  the  pleadings, 
affidavits  exhibits,  the  Commission  find : 

That  on  June  23,  1910,  The  Henry  Burkhardt  Packing  Company 
shipped  from  Dayton,  Ohio,  a quantity  of  meat  designated  in  the  com- 
plaint as  weiners  and  sausage,  by  the  American  Express  Company  and 
consigned  to  J.  A.  Arnett  at  Greenfield,  Ohio ; that  the  distance  between 
Dayton  and  Greenfield  is  seventy-six  miles;  that  the  shipment,  being 
more  than  twenty-four  hours  in  transit,  was  detained  an  unreasonable 
length  of  time  and  arrived  at  destination  in  a damaged  condition ; that 
the  amount  of  damage  was  $9.95 ; that  on  July  1st,  1910,  complainant 
made  claim  upon  the  defendant  for  the  sum  of  $9.95,  and  that  on  July 
2 1 st,  19 1 1 , defendant  rejected  said  claim  and  the  same  has  not  yet  been 
paid.  The  value  of  this  merchandise,  the  portion  thereof  that  was 
damaged  and  the  fact  that  it  was  delivered  to  the  express  company  in 
good  condition  are  not  in  controversy  in  this  case. 

The  Commission,  therefore,  further  find  that  there  is  due  said 
complainant,  The  Henry  Burkhardt  Packing  Company,  from  said  de- 
fendant, American  Express  Company,  the  sum  of  $9.95. 

The  Commission  further  find  that  the  claimant,  The  Henry  Burk- 
hardt Packing  Company,  is  a resident  of  Montgomery  County,  Ohio, 
and  that  the  defendant,  American  Express  Company,  has  and  main- 
tains an  office  in  Dayton,  Montgomery  County,  Ohio,  and  it  is  ordered 
that  the  findings  of  the  Commission  in  this  matter  be  certified  to  the 
Clerk  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  of  Montgomery  County,  Ohio. 

We,  O.  P.  Gothlin,  J.  C.  Sullivan  and  O.  H.  Hughes,  constituting 
the  Public  Service  Commission  of  Ohio,  do  hereby  certify  the  foregoing 
to  be  the  finding  of  the  Public  Service  Commission  of  Ohio  in  the 
ibove  entitled  matter,  as  shown  by  the  records  and  files  of  said  Com- 
mission. 


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In  Testimony  Whereof,  We  have  hereunto  set  out  hands  and 
affixed  the  seal  of  said  The  Public  Service  Commission  of  Ohio,  this 
28th  day  of  October,  1911. 

THE  PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO, 
By  O.  P.  Gothlin,  Chairman , 

J.  C.  Sullivan, 

O.  H.  Hughes, 

Commissioners. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  28th  day  of  October,  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


The  Village  of  McComb,  Ohio, 

Complainant. 

vs. 

I he  New  York,  Chicago,  and  St.  Louis  Rail- 
road Company. 

Defendant. 


^Formal  No.  8. 


ENTRY. 

It  appearing  to  the  Commission  that  the  complaint  in  this  case 
has  been  satisfied  by  the  Defendant  making  the  village  of  McComb  a 
regular  stop  for  Trains  Number  Two  (2)  and  Three  (3),  the  same  is, 
therefore,  dismissed  without  further  record. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


The  Patton  Telephone  Company, 

Complainant. 

vs. 

The  Harrison  and  Jefferson  Telephone 
Company, 

Defendant.  ^ 


Y Formal  No.  9. 


This  case  came  on  this  day  to  be  heard  upon  the  motion  of  the 
defendant  to  dismiss  the  complaint  and  was  argued  by  counsel ; and  the 


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Commission  being  fully  advised  in  the  premises  finds  the  grounds  of 
said  motion  well  taken  and  same  is  sustained. 

This  case  is  therefore  dismissed  without  further  record. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twenty-ninth  day  of  September,  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


The  Bucyrus  Light  and  Power  Company, 

Complainant. 


vs. 


The  City  of  Bucyrus, 


> Formal  No.  10. 

Defendant.  ^ 


This  case  came  on  this  day  for  further  hearing  and  it  being  made 
to  appear  that  the  ordinance  fixing  the  rates  for  electric  service  in  the  * 
city  of  Bucyrus  was  enacted  on  the  6th  day  of  December,  1910,  and 
that  the  law  creating  The  Public  Service  Commission  of  Ohio  and 
defining  its  jurisdiction  became  effective  on  the  first  day  of  July,  1911, 
the  Commission  find  that  it  has  not  jurisdiction  in  the  premises,  and 
no  authority  to  hear  and  determine  the  issue  made  in  said  case,  and 
the  same  is,  therefore,  dismissed  without  prejudice. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  8th  day  of  December,  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Investigation  of  the  > 

Merger  or  Consolidation  of  The  People's 
Telephone  Company  With  The  Madison 

Telephone  Company,  or  of  the  Purchase  I _ , __ 

q.  -p»  rrormal  No. 

by  and  Transfer  of  the  Property,  Fran- 
chise and  Rights  of  The  Madison  Tele- 
phone Company  to  The  People's  Tele- 
phone Company  of  Geneva,  Ohio.  > 


11. 


This  matter  came  on  this  day  to  be  heard  upon  the  testimony  and 
exhibits  and  the  Commission  being  duly  advised,  find  that  the  purchase 
of  the  property  of  The  Madison  Telephone  Company  by  The  People’s 
Telephone  Company  was  consummated  at  a date  prior  to  the  first  day  of 


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July,  1911,  and  that  this  Commission  has  no  further  jurisdiction  in  the 
premises. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  fourteenth  day  of  September,  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The^i 
Union  Gas  and  Electric  Company  for  j 
Approval  by  the  Commission  of  Sliding  [^Formal  No.  13. 
Scale  of  Rates  for  Electric  Current  in  | 
the  City  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  J 

The  Union  Gas  and  Electric  Company  having  on  the  7th  day  of 
September,  1911,  tendered  for  filing  with  the  Commission  its  schedule 
of  rates,  minimum  charges  and  sliding  scale  of  rates  to  be  charged  for 
electric  current,  in  the  city  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  having  at  the  same 
time  made  application  to  the  Commission  for  its  approval  of  said  mini- 
mum charge  and  sliding  scale  of  rates,  said  application  came  on  this 
day  to  be  heard ; and  the  Commission,  after  hearing  the  evidence,  the 
argument  of  counsel,  and  it  appearing  that  said  company  is  authorized 
by  ordinance  of  Council  to  assess  a minimum  charge,  said  minimum 
charge  and  sliding  scale  of  rates  is  hereby  approved,  to  become  effec- 
tive October  15th,  1911. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  October  2nd,  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The"] 

New  Lexington  Water  Company  for  Au-  S Formal  No.  14. 

THORITY  TO  ISSUE  BONDS. 

The  New  Lexington  Water  Company  of  New  Lexington,  Ohio, 
having,  on  the  eighth  day  of  September,  1911,  filed  its  petition  for 
authority  to  issue  its  bonds  of  the  par  value  of  $44,000.00,  the  proceeds 
to  be  used  in  building  and  constructing  a system  of  water  works  for 
the  village  of  New  Lexington,  Ohio,  and  the  time  of  hearing  said  mat- 
ter having  been  fixed  for  Thursday,  the  fourteenth  day  of  September, 
1911,  at  one-thirty  P.  M.,  and  due  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of  said 
hearing  having  been  given  and  having  on  said  day  been  heard  in  part, 
and  the  further  hearing  thereof  having  been  continued  from  day  to  day, 
came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing. 


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After  hearing  all  the  evidence,  examining  the  exhibits  and  making 
such  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the  Commission  deemed  proper,  and 
it  appearing  that  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said  bonds  are  to  be  used 
for  the  discharge  of  the  lawful  obligations  of  said,  The  New  Lexington 
Water  Company,  to-wit : necessary  expenses  incurred  in  the  erection 
and  construction  of  a water  works  system  in  and  for  said  village  of 
New  Lexington,  according  to  the  plans  and  specifications  submitted 
herein  in  evidence.  1 

Now,  upon  due  consideration  of  the  petition  herein,  accompanying 
Exhibits  and  the  evidence,  it 'is 

Ordered,  That  said,  The  New  Lexington  Water  Company  be,  and 
it  is  hereby  authorized  to  issue  its  bonds  of  the  par  value  of  Forty- 
four  Thousand  Dollars  ($44,000.00),  and  that  said  bonds  be  sold  at 
not  less  than  96%.  of  the  par  value  thereof,  it  being  the  opinion 
and  finding  of  the  Commission  that  the  money  to  be  secured  by  the 
issue  of  said  bonds  is  reasonably  required  for  the  said  purposes  of  the 
said,  The  New  Lexington  Water  Company.  It  is  further 

Ordered,  That  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  bonds 
be  devoted  by  said,  The  New  Lexington  Water  Company,  to,  and 
used  for  the  following  purposes  and  no  other,  to-wit:  the  discharge  of 
its  lawful  obligations  incurred  in  erecting  and  constructing  said  water 
works  system  at  and  in  New  Lexington,  Ohio.  It  is  further 

Ordered,  That  said,  The  New  Lexington  Water  Company,  make 
verified  report  to  the  Commission  as  follows : 

Upon  the  sale  of  said  bonds,  or  any  part  thereof,  the  fact  of  such 
sale;  the  terms  and  conditions  of  sale;  the  amounts  realized  therefrom, 
which  shall  not  be  less  than  96%  of  the  par  value  of  said  bonds.  At 
the  termination  of  each  and  every  period  of  three  months  from  the 
date  of  this  order,  the  disposition  and  use  made’  of  the  proceeds  of  the 
sale  of  said  bonds,  setting  forth  in  reasonable  detail,  the  purposes  to 
which  the  proceeds  have  been  devoted  in  accordance  with  the  provisions 
of  this  order,  and  that  such  report  be  made  until  the  proceeds  of  said 
bonds  have  been  expended,  pursuant  to  this  order. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  October  4,  1911. 


Before  The 

.PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  Tiie^I 

Toledo  Home  Telephone  Company  for  [ „ • 

T,  r,  T frormal  No.  15. 

Permission  to  File  Rates  on  Less  Than  0 

Statutory  Notice.  J 

This  matter  came  on  this  day  for  hearing  upon  the  pleadings,  the 
evidence  and  the  exhibits  and  was  argued  by  counsel,  and  the  Com- 


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mission  after  due  consideration  and  being  fully  advised  in  the  premises 
find  the  grounds  of  said  application  and  the  reasons  therefor  not  well 
taken,  and  refuse  to  grant  the  prayer  of  said  application,  and  refuse  to 
prescribe  a period  of  less  than  thirty  days  within  which  said  new  rates 
and  schedules  may  become  effective  after  the  same  are  filed  with  this 
Commission.  Said  application  is  therefore  dismissed  without  further 
record. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  September  13,  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

DeWitt  T.  Cope,  ^ 

Complainant.  I 

^Formal  No.  16. 

The  Hamilton  Gas  and  Electric  Company, 

Defendant.  J 

The  complainant  alleges  that  The  Hamilton  Gas  and  Electric  Com- 
pany is  a corporation,  organized  and  doing  business  under  the  laws  of 
the  State  of  Ohio,  and  is  engaged  in  the  business,  among  other  things, 
of  furnishing  artificial  gas  for  heat,  cooking  and  light  to  about  3,700  of 
the  inhabitants  of  the  city  of  Hamilton,  Ohio.  That  said  defendant 
Company  on,  or  about  the  10th  day  of  August,  1911,  charged  and  re- 
quired the  complainant  and  the  other  users  .of  gas  in  said  city  of  Ham- 
ilton, to  pay  the  sum  of  ten  cents  as  meter  rent  for  the  gas  meter  used 
by  said  defendant  company  in  measuring  the  cubic  feet  of  gas  con- 
sumed by  the  complainant,  and  the  other  patrons  of  defendant,  in  said 
city  of  Hamilton,  Ohio,  for  heat,  cooking  and  light,  during  the  month 
of  July,  1911.  That  said  defendant  company  will  continue  to  make 
said  charges  as  meter  rent  until  restrained  from  so  doing.  That  the 
acts  so  complained  of  by  complainant,  and  permitted  and  done  by  de- 
fendant company  are  in  violation  of  section  9329  of  the  General  Code 
of  the  State  of  Ohio. 

After  considering  the  pleadings,  consisting  of  the  complaint,  the 
answer  of  defendant  to  the  complaint,  the  amendment  to  the  complaint, 
the  defendant  being  in  default  for  answer  to  the  amendment  to  the  com- 
plaint, hearing  the  testimony,  examining  the  exhibits  and  making  such 
inquiry  and  investigation  as  the  Commission  deemed  proper,  the  Com- 
mission find  that  the  defendant,  The  Hamilton  Gas  and  Electric  Com- 
pany, furnish  gas  to  consumers  within  the  municipality  of  Hamilton, 
Ohio,  assessed,  charged  and  collected  a rent  for  meters  used  in  meas- 


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tiring  the  number  of  cubic  feet  of  gas  delivered  to  consumers  of  gas 
and  its  patrons  as  in  the  complaint  alleged.  The  Commission  further 
find  that  the  council  of  the  municipality  of  Hamilton,  Ohio,  has  not,  by 
ordinance  or  otherwise  regulated  and  fixed  the  price  which  the  de- 
fendant company  may  charge  for  the  rent  of  its  meters,  and  that  said 
company  is  not  charging  rent  for  the  use  of  its  meters  by  virtue  of 
such  ordinance,  as  provided  in  Section  3982  of  the  General  Code  of 
Ohio.  The  Commission  further  find  that  said  defendant,  The  Hamilton 
Gas  and  Electric  Company,  has  assessed,  charged  and  collected  said 
rent  for  its  meters,  used  in  measuring  the  number  of  cubic  feet  of  gas 
delivered  to  consumers  of  gas  and  its  patrons  within  the  municipality 
of  Hamilton,  Ohio,  as  alleged  in  the  complaint,  in  violation  of  the  law 
and  especially  in  violation  of  Section  9329  of  the  General  Code  of 
Ohio.  It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  said  defendant,  The  Hamilton  Gas  and  Electric 
Company,  forthwith,  cease  apd  desist  from  assessing,  charging  and  col- 
lecting rent  for  its  meters  used  in  the  measuring  of  the  number  of  cubic 
feet  of  gas  delivered  to  consumers,  and  its  customers  within  the  munici- 
pality of  Hamilton,  Ohio. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  November  24,  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Filing  of  Schedule  of 

Rates  by  The  Union  Gas  and  Electric 

Company  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  its  . _ , 

A * A/r  r Formal  Vo.  18. 

Application  for  Approval  of  a Minimum  j 

Charge  Provided  for  its  Product  and  | 

Service.  J 


It  appearing  to  the  Commission  that  the  schedule  of  rates  and 
charges  tendered  for  filing  by  said.  The  Union  Gas  and  Electric  Com- 
pany is  the  schedule  that  was  in  efifect  on  and  prior  to  July  1st,  1911, 
and  it  appearing  that  said  schedule  is  tendered  for  filing  in  compliance 
with  the  provisions  of  Section  18  of  House  Bill  No.  325,  said  Schedule 
is  therefore  admitted  to  the  files  of  the  Commission  as  of  right  and  as 
not  requiring  the  approval  of  the  Commission  to  make  said  schedule 
of  rates  and  charges  lawful. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  September  12th,  1911. 


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Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


Bemis  and  Vosburg, 

Complainant. 


vs. 

Pennsylvania  Company, 


[^Formal  No.  19. 

1 

Defendant.  J 


This  petition  is  submitted  under  Sections  579-80  of  the  General 
Code,  as  amended  May  9,  1910,  O.  L.  Vol.  101,  p.  173. 

Petitioners  pray  for  a refund  of  Twenty-eight  Dollars  demurrage, 
assessed  and  collected  on  Lehigh  Valley  Railroad  car  No.  63,284,  loaded 
with  lumber,  shipped  from  Rome,  Ohio,  July  ninth,  1910,  consigned  to 
The  Menke  Manufacturing  Company,  Columbus,  Ohio. 

The  complaint,  with  complainant’s  affidavits,  was  filed  with  the 
Commission,  September  twenty-sixth,  1911. 

Defendant’s  answer,  with  counter  affidavits,  was  filed  October 
eighteenth,  1911. 

Upon  examination  of  the  pleadings,  affidavits  and  exhibits,  the 
Commission  find : 

That  complainant  is  a co-partnership,  located  at  Pittsburgh,  Pa., 
doing  a wholesale  lumber  business  under  the  name  of  Bemis  and  Vos- 
burg;  that,  on  July  ninth,  1910,  they  shipped  a carload  of  lumber,  in 
Lehigh  Valley  Railroad  car  No.  63,284,  consigned  from  Rome,  Ohio, 
to  The  Menke  Manufacturing  Company,  at  Columbus,  Ohio;  that*the 
shipment  was  made  from  a local  point  on  the  Pennsylvania  Company’s 
lines  in  Ohio,  and  consignor  assumed  that  it  would  arrive  in  Columbus 
via  Pennsylvania  Company’s  lines,  and  mailed  to  the  Agent  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Lines,  Columbus,  Ohio,  an  order  directing  that,  on  arrival, 
the  car  be  delivered  to  the  F.  A.  Jacobs  Wheelbarrow  Works.  The 
car  arrived  in  Columbus  via  the  Cleveland,  Akron  and  Columbus  Rail- 
way; that  the  Agent  of  the  Pennsylvania  Company’s  lines  in  Columbus 
received  the  order  in  due  course  and,  on  July  eleventh,  1910,  in  accord- 
ance with  an  existing  custom,  sent  information  to  other  railroad  agents 
in  Columbus,  advising  them  of  the  order  that  had  been  received ; that 
this  custom  was  instituted  for  the  reason  that  cars  sometimes  arrive  in 
Columbus  via  lines  other  than  those  over  which  shippers  expect  them 
to  arrive,  and  either  the  Agent  of  the  Cleveland,  Akron  and  Columbus 
Railway  at  Columbus,  did  not  receive  the  communication  from  the  Agent 
of  the  Pennsylvania  Company’s  lines,  or,  having  received  it,  did  not 
act  upon  it;  but,  after  the  car  had  remained  in  Columbus,  unclaimed, 
for  some  days,  he  sent  a tracer  to  the  originating  point  to  secure  dis- 


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position ; that,  for  some  reason  not  disclosed,  after  the  car  had  re- 
mained in  Columbus  for  thirty  days,  the  matter  was  taken  up  with  the 
Agent  of  the  Pennsylvania  Company’s  lines,  who  wrote  to  the  Agent  of 
the  Cleveland,  Akron  and  Columbus  Railway,  advising  him  of  the  dis- 
position that  should  be  made  of  the  car,  and  calling  attention  to  the 
fact  that  he  had  previously  written  on  July  eleventh;  that  the  Agent 
of  the  Cleveland,  Akron  and  Columbus  Railway  received  this  second  in- 
formation on  August  eleventh,  1910,  and  immediately  made  the  neces- 
sary delivery ; that,  in  the  mean  time,  demurrage  to  the  amount  of 
Twenty-eight  Dollars  had  accrued,  which  complainant  paid.  That  claim 
was  made  by  complainant  upon  defendant  for  refund  of  said  demurrage 
charge  more  than  sixty  days  prior  to  the  filing  of  the  complaint  with  the 
Commission,  and  that  said  claim  was  rejected  by  defendant  and  has  not 
yet  been  paid,  in  whole  or  in  part.  Petitioners  claim  that  demurrage 
was  not  rightfully  assessed,  because  of  the  fact  that  shipment  did  not 
arrive  in  Columbus  via  Pennsylvania  Company’s  lines.  . This  contention 
is  not  well  taken.  The  route  the  car  traveled  was  a reasonable  route 
and  much  more  direct  than  if  it  had  traveled  all  the  way  over  the  lines 
of  the  Pennsylvania  Company.  That  shipper  was,  to  some  extent,  neg- 
ligent in  that  he  did  not  satisfy  himself  as  to  the  actual  route  the  car 
would  take  before  sending  disposition  instructions.  That,  on  the  other 
hand,  there  was  negligence  upon  the  part  of  the  railroad  companies  in- 
terested. Either  the  Agent  of  the  Pennsylvania  Company’s  lines  did 
not  send  notice  of  his  disposition  instructions  regarding  this  car  to  the 
Agent  of  the  Cleveland,  Akron  and  Columbus  Railway,  as  claimed,  on 
July  eleventh,  1910,  or  the  Agent  of  the  Cleveland,  Akron  and  Columbus 
Railway,  after  receiving  such  instructions,  negligently  failed  to  act 
thereon;  that,  had  he  acted  in  accordance  therewith,  as  he  did  a month 
later,  delivery  would  have  been  affected  at  once  and  no  demurrage 
would  have  accrued ; that,  inasmuch  as  both  the  shipper  and  carrier 
have  been  negligent  in  the  matter,  neither  should  bear  the  entire  burden 
resulting  from  such  negligence,  the  Commission  are  of  the  opinion  %that 
fifty  per  centum  of  the  demurrage  accrued  and  collected,  to-wit:  Four- 
teen Dollars,  should  be  refunded  to  the  plaintiff.  The  Commission, 
therefore,  find, 

That  there  is  due  the  said  complainant,  Bemis  and  Vosburg,  from 
the  defendant,  Pennsylvania  Company,  the  sum  of  Fourteen  Dollars. 
The  Commission  further  find, 

That  the  claimant  is  a resident  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  and  that  the 
defendant  has,  and  maintains  an  office  in  Franklin  County,  Ohio, 
and  it  is, 

Ordered,  That  the  finding  of  the  Commission  in  this  matter  be 
certified  to  the  clerk  of  the  courts  of  common  pleas  of  Franklin  County, 
Ohio. 


IS 


, We,  O.  P.  Gothlin,  J.  C.  Sullivan  and  O.  H.  Hughes,  constituting 
The  Public  Service  Commission  of  Ohio,  do,  hereby,  certify  the  fore- 
going to  be  the  finding  of  The  Public  Service  Commission  of  Ohio,  in 
the  above  entitled  matter,  as  shown  by  the  records  and  files  of  said 
Commission. 

In  Testimony  Whereof,  We  have  hereunto  set  our  hands,  and 
affixed  the  seal  of  said  The  Public  Service  Commission  of  Ohio,  this 
fifth  day  of  January,  1912. 

THE  PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO, 
By  O.  P.  Gothlin,  Chairman , 

J.  C.  Sullivan, 

O.  H.  Hughes, 

Commissioners. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Investigation  of  the  d 
Management  of  The  Stark  Electric  j 
Railroad  Company,  Especially  as  to  y Formal  No.  20. 
Constructing,  Issuing,  Publishing  and  | 

Filing  its  Schedule  of  Rates  and  Fares.  J 

It  appearing  that  the  schedule  of  passenger  rates  and  fares  of  The 
Stark  Electric  Railroad  Company,  designated,  as  local  Passenger  Tariff 
R.  C.  O.  No.  4 has  been  constructed,  issued,  published  and  filed  in  con- 
formity to  the  statutes  and  the  rules  of  the  Commission,  this  case  is, 
therefore,  dismissed,  without  further  record. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  ninth  day  of  January,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


The  Men's  Club  of  Rubicon, 

Complainant.  ' 


vs. 


The  Dayton  Power  and  Light  Company, 

Defendant. 


^Formal  No.  21. 


Upon  the  application  of  complainant,  this  case  is  dismissed  with- 
out further  record. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  fifth  day  of  October,  1911. 


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Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The  ^ 

Cleveland,  Painesville  & Eastern  Rail- 
road Company  for  Authority  to  Issue  ^Formal  No.  22. 
Bonds. 

J 

The  Cleveland,  Painesville  and  Eastern  Railroad  Company,  a cor- 
poration organized  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Ohio,  having,  on  the 
25th  day  of  September,  1911,  filed  its  petition  for  authority  to  issue  its 
Forty  year,  Five  Per  Cent,  Refunding  and  Extension  Mortgage  Gold 
Bonds,  being  part  of  the  reserve  bonds  authorized  to  be  issued  under 
its  mortgage,  or  deed  of  trust  to  The  Cleveland  Trust  Company,  Trustee, 
dated  June  1st,  1908,  the  proceeds  to  be  used  to  re-imburse  the  com- 
pany for  moneys  and  funds  expended  for  betterments,  improvements  and 
additions  made  to  its  line  of  railroad  between  January  1st,  and  July  1st, 
1911,  a statement  ifi  detail  of  such  expenditures  being  set  out  fully  in 
said  petition,  and  the  time  of  hearing  said  matter  having  been  fixed 
for  September  28th,  1911,  at  three  o’clock  p.  m.,  and  due  notice  of  the 
time  and  place  of  said  hearing  having  been  given,  and  having  on  said 
day  been  heard  in  part,  and  further  hearing  thereof  having  been  con- 
tinued from  day  to  day,  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing. 

After  hearing  all  the  evidence,  examining  the  exhibits  and  making 
such  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the  commission  deemed  proper,  and  it 
appearing  that  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said  bonds  are  to  be  used  for 
the  discharge  of  the  lawful  obligations  of  said,  The  Cleveland,  Paines- 
ville and  Eastern  Railroad  Company,  to-wit : for  reimbursement  of  funds 
expended  for  betterments,  improvements  and  additions  to  the  property 
of  said  company,  in  the  manner  fully  set  out  in  said  petition.  Now, 
upon  due  consideration  of  the  petition  herein,  accompanying  exhibits  and 
the  evidence,  it  is  ordered,  that  said,  Th£  Cleveland,  Painesville  and  East- 
ern Railroad  Company  be,  and  it  is,  hereby  authorized  to  issue  its  Forty 
year.  Five  Per  Cent,  Refunding  and  Extension  Mortgage,  Gold  Bonds,, 
the  same  being  part  of  the  reserve  bonds  authorized  to  be  issued  under 
said  company’s  Mortgage,  or  deed  of  Trust,  to  The  Cleveland  Trust 
Company,  Trustee,  dated  June  1st,  1908,  of  the  par  value  of  Fifty  Four 
Thousand  Dollars  ($54,000.)  and  that  said  bonds  be  sold  at  not  less  than 
Eighty  Per  Cent  of  the  par  value  thereof,  it  being  the  opinion  and  finding 
of  the  Commission  that  the  money  to  be  secured  by  the  issue  of  said 
bonds  is  reasonably  required  for  the  said  purposes  of  the  said.  The  Cleve- 
land, Painesville  and  Eastern  Railroad  Company.  It  is  further. 

Ordered,  that  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  Sale  of  said  bonds  be  de- 
voted by  said.  The  Cleveland,  Painesville  and  Eastern  Railroad  Company 


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to,  and  used  for,  the  following  purposes,  and  no  other,  to-wit : The  dis- 
charge of  the  lawful  obligations  of  said  company  in  the  reimbursement 
of  funds  expended  for  betterments,  improvements  and  additions  as  fol- 
lows : 

Right  of  Way $2,585  00 

Right  of  way  for  high  tension  line  from  Painesville  to  Wil- 
loughby. 

Land  3,853  33 

Land  bought  on  Erie  Street  in  Painesville  for  Storage  Yard  and 
track  connections  with  the  L.  S.  & M.  S.  Ry. 

Special  Work  7,175  0Q 

Curves,  Side  Tracks  and  Loops  put  in  Willoughby  car  house 
yard. 

Paving  

Put  in  at  Willoughby,  Painesville  and  Dille  Road. 

Track  Work  

Culvert  at  Willoughby  Beach  to  eliminate  curved  trestle,  double 
track  at  Stop  141,  and  tools. 

Light  lines 

Lighting  lines  for  Mentor  and  Lake  Road. 

Buildings  

Addition  of  40' x 60'  to  Willoughby  Shop. 

Power  Plant  Equipment 

Additions  to  equipment  to  take  care  of  lighting  service  and  in- 
creased business. 

Shop  Equipment  

Air  pump,  motor,  etc.,  for  .cleaning  equipments  when  over  pits 
in  car  house. 

Cars  

Balance  paid  on  three  new  fifty-two  foot  cars  purchased  from 
Niles  Car  and  Manufacturing  Co. 

$54,706  06 


1,833  68 
1,717  76, 

11,053  53' 
6,803  80 
6,465  25 

545  00 

12,673  71 


It  is  further 

Ordered,  that  said,  The  Cleveland,  Painesville  and  Eastern  Railroad 
Company  make  verified  report  to  the  Commission  as  follows : 

Upon  the  sale  of  said  bonds,  or  any  part  thereof,  the  fact  of  such 
sale;  the  terms  and  conditions  of  sale;  the  amounts  realized  therefrom, 
which  shall  not  be  less  than  Eighty  Per  Cent  of  the  par  value  of  said 
bonds;  at  the  termination  of  each  and  every  period  of  three  months 
from  the  date  of  this  order,  the  disposition  and  use  made  of  the  pro- 
ceeds of  the  sale  of  said  bonds,  setting  forth  in  reasonable  detail,  the 
purposes  to  which  the  proceeds  have  been  devoted  in  accordance  with 
the  provisions  of  this  order,  and  that  such  report  be  made  until  the 
proceeds  of  said  bonds  have  been  expended  pursuant  to  this  order. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  first  day  of  November,  igi i. 


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Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The 
Van  Wert  Home  Telephone  Company 
and  the  Central  Union  Telephone  Com- 
pany for  Approval  of  Contract  for  Con- 
nection and  Exchange  of  Service. 


I 


Formal  No.  23. 


J 


This  matter  came  on  to  be  heard  upon  the  joint  petition  of  The 
Van  Wert  Home  Telephone  Company  and  the  Central  Union  Tele- 
phone Company,  the  evidence  and  the  exhibits. 

After  due  consideration  of  the  pleadings,  the  evidence  and  the  ex- 
hibits, and  the  Commission  being  fully  informed  in  the  premises,  and  it 
appearing  that  the  service  furnished  the  public  will  be  improved  thereby, 
and  that  the  public  will  be  furnished  adequate  service  for  a reasonable 
and  just i charge,  and  that  no  increase  in  rates  nor  diminution  of  ser- 
vice, as  now  established,  is  contemplated  by  the  applicants,  by  rea- 
son of  said  connection  and  exchange  of  service,  the  Commission  is 
satisfied  that  the  prayer  of  said  petition  should  be  granted.  It  is,  there- 
fore, 

Ordered,  That  said,  The  Van  Wert  Home  Telephone  Company 
and  the  Central  Union  Telephone  Company  be,  and  they  are,  hereby, 
authorized  to  form  a connection  between  the  plant  and  system  of  The 
Van  Wert  Home  Telephone  Company  and  the  plant  and  system  of  the 
Central  Union  Telephone  Company  at  Van  Wert,  Ohio,  for  the  ex- 
change of  service  between  said  companies,  as  provided  by  law.  It  is, 
further, 

Ordered,  That  this  order  may  become  effective  and  the  author- 
ity therein  granted  may  be  exercised  on  and  after  this  date : 

Provided,  There  be  no  diminution  of  the  service  now  afforded  by 
the  said  The  Van  Wert  Home  Telephone  Company,  and  enjoyed  by  its 
patrons,  by  discontinuing  connection,  or  failing  and  refusing  to  exchange 
service  with  any  other  company  with  which  connection  now  exists,  and 
exchange  of  service  is  maintained. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  fourth  day  of  December,  1911. 


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Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The  " 
Mt.  Sterling  Telephone  Company  and 
the  Central  Union  Telephone  Company 
for  Connection  and  Exchange  of  Serv- 
ice. 


> Formal  No.  24. 


This  matter  came  on  to  be  heard  upon  the  joint  petition  of  The  Mt. 
Sterling  Telephone  Company  and  the  Central  Union  Telephone  Com- 
pany, the  evidence  and  the  exhibits. 

After  due  consideration  of  the  pleadings,  the  evidence  and  the  ex- 
hibits, and  the  Commission  being  fully  informed  in  the  premises,  and  it 
appearing  that  the  service  furnished  the  public  will  be  improved  thereby, 
and  that  the  public  will  be  furnished  adequate  service  for  a reasonable 
and  just  charge,  and  that  no  increase  in  rates  nor  diminution  of  service, 
as  now  established,  is  contemplated  by  the  applicants,  by  reason  of  said 
connection  and  exchange  of  service,  the  Commission  is  satisfied  that  the 
prayer  of  said  petition  should  be  granted.  It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  said,  The  Mt.  Sterling  Telephone  Company  and  the 
Central  Union  Telephone  Company  be,  and  they  are,  hereby,  authorized 
to  form  a connection  between  the  plant  and  system  of  the  Mt.  Sterling 
Telephone  Company  and  the  plant  and  system  of  the  Central  Union  Tel- 
ephone Company  at  Mt.  Sterling,  Ohio,  for  the  exchange  of  service  be- 
tween said  companies,  as  provided  by  law.  It  is,  further, 

Ordered,  That  this  order  may  become  effective  and  the  authority 
therein  granted  may  be  exercised  on  and  after  this  date : 

Provided,  There  be  no  diminution  of  the  service  now  afforded  by 
the  said,  The  Mt.  Sterling  Telephone  Company,  and  enjoyed  by  its 
patrons,  by  discontinuing  connection  or  failing  and  refusing  to  exchange 
service  with  any  other  company  with  which  connection  now  exists  and 
exchange  of  service  is  maintained. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  fourth  day  of  December,  1911. 


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Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Joint  Application  of 
The  Citizens  Telephone  Company  of 
Delaware,  Ohio,  and  The  Central 
Union  Telephone  Company  for  the  Con- 
sent and  Approval  of  the  Commission 
for  the  Purchase  of  Certain  Property 
of  The  Central  Union  Telephone 
Company  by  The  Citizens  Telephone 
Company  of  Delaware,  Ohio,  and  for  a 
Connecting  Arrangement  for  an  Ex- 
change of  Service  Between  the  Appli- 


r Formal  No.  25. 


CANTS. 


This  case  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing  upon  the  joint  petition 
of  the  Central  Union  Telephone  Company  and  The  Citizens  Telephone 
Company  of  Delaware,  Ohio,  for  authority  to  transfer  certain  property 
now  owned  by  said  Central  Union  Telephone  Company  and  used  in  local 
service  in  the  city  of  Delaware,  Ohio,  and  to  form  connection  and  in- 
terchange service,  the  evidence  and  the  exhibits,  and  was  argued  by 
counsel. 

After  considering  the  pleadings,  hearing  the  evidence,  examining 
the  exhibits,  listening  to  the  arguments  of  counsel  and  making  such  fur- 
ther inquiry  and  investigation  as  the  Commission  deemed  proper,  and  it 
appearing  that  the  pric£  to  be  paid  by  the  said  The  Citizens  Telephone 
Company  of  Delaware,  Ohio,  to  said  Central  Union  Telephone  Com- 
pany for  the  property  of  said  Central  Union  Telephone  Company  used 
in  local  service  in  the  city  of  Delaware,  and  fully  set  out  in  the  exhibits, 
is  in  excess  of  the  value  thereof ; and  it  appearing  further  that  a part  of 
the  property  sought  to  be  transferred  by  the  said  Central  Union  Tele- 
phone Company  to  The  Citizen^  Telephone  Company  of  Delaware,  Ohio, 
is  a duplication  of  the  present  property  of  said  The  Citizens  Telephone 
Company  of  Delaware,  Ohio,  the  Commission  is  satisfied  that  the  prayer 
of  said  petition  as  to  the  sale  and  transfer  of  said  property  should  not 
be  granted.  It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  this  petition,  insofar  as  it  relates  to  the  transfer  of 
property  by  the  said  Central  Union  Telephone  Company  to  said  The 
Citizens  Telephone  Company  of  Delaware,  Ohio,  be,  and  the  same  here- 
by is  denied,  and  this  case,  insofar  as  it  relates  to  the  transfer  of  said 
property  hereby  is  dismissed.  It  is  further 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Central  Union  Telephone  Company  and  The 
Citizens  Telephone  Company  of  Delaware,  Ohio,  be  and  they  hereby  are 


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authorized  to  form  connection  and  interchange  service  for  the  purposes 
and  in  the  manner  set  out  in  said  petition.  It  is  further 

Ordered,  That  the  authority  herein  granted  may  be  exercised  on 
and  after  this  date. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  sixteenth  day  of  April,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The" 
Ashtabula  Telephone  Company  and 
The  Central  Union  Telephone  Com- 
pany for  the  Consent  and  Approval  of 
the  Commission  for  the  Purchase  of 
certain  Property  of  the  Central  Union 
Telephone  Company  by  the  Ashtabula 
Telephone  Company  and  for  the  Pur- 
chase of  Certain  Property  of  the  Ash- 
tabula Telephone  Company  by  the  Cen- 
tral Union  Telephone  Company  and  for 
a Connecting  Arrangement  for  an  Ex- 
change 01  Service  between  Applicants. 


Formal  No.  26. 


j 


. This  matter  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing  upon  the  joint  pe- 
tition of  The  Ashtabula  Telephone  Company  and  the  Central  Union 
Telephone  Company,  the  evidence  and  the  exhibits;  and  the  Commission, 
being  fully  advised  in  the  premises,  is  satisfied  the  prayer  of  said  petition 
should  be  granted.  It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  said  Central  Union  Telephone  Company,  be  and  it  is, 
hereby,  authorized  to  sell  to  The  Ashtabula  Telephone  Company  certain 
of  its  property  used  in  local  service  and  located  in  the  municipalities  of 
Ashtabula  and  Kingsville,  Ohio,  and  fully  set  out  in  a bill  of  sale  attached 
to  the  petition  and  marked  exhibit  “A”,  and  made  a part  hereof  by  refer- 
ence; and  said  The  Ashtabula  Telephone  Company  is,  hereby,  author- 
ized to  purchase  said  property  and  to  pay  therefor  the  agreed  sum  of 
Seventeen  Thousand,  Nine  Hundred  and  Fifty  Dollars  ($17,950.00).  It 
is  further 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Ashtabula  Telephone  Company  be,  and  it  is, 
hereby,  authorized  to  sell  to  said  Central  Union  Telephone  Company  cer- 
tain of  its  property,  used  in  toll  service  and  fully  set  out  in  a bill  of 
sale  attached  to  the  petition  herein  and  marked  exhibit  “B”,  and  made 
a part  of  this  order  by  reference;  and  said  Central  Union  Telephone 
Company  is,  hereby,  authorized  to  purchase  said  property  and  to  pay 


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therefor  the  agreed  price  of  One  Thousand,  Four  Hundred  and  Fifty 
Dollars  ($1,450.00).  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Ashtabula  Telephone  Company  and  Cen- 
tral Union  Telephone  Company,  be,  and  they  are,  hereby,  authorized 
to  form  connection  and  interchange  service  in  the  manner  and  for  the 
purpose  set  out  in  said  petition.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  authority  herein  granted  may  be  exercised  on 
and  after  this  date. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  This  8th  day  of  February,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  the  1 

Western  Ohio  Railway  Company  for  r Formal  No.  27. 

AUTHORITY  TO  ISSUE  STOCK. 

This  matter  came  on  this  day  to  be  heard  and  it  appearing  to  the 
Commission  that  the  sale  of  securities  mentioned  in  the  pleadings  filed 
herein  was  consummated  at  a date  prior  to  July  1st,  1911,  the  Commis- 
sion finds  that  it  has  no  jurisdiction  over  said  transaction,  and  said 
petition  is  therefore  dismissed. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  October  17th,  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  matter  of  the  application  of  The 
Lima  Natural  Gas  Company  for  per- 
mission to  file  schedule  of  rates  for  r Formal  No.  28. 
Lima,  Ohio,  with  Minimum  charge. 

The  schedule  of  rates  to  be  charged  for  natural  gas  in  the  city  of 
Lima,  tendered  for  filing  on  the  29th  day  of  September,  1911,  by  The 
Lima  Natural  Gas  Company,  is  hereby  approved  to  become  effective 
November  first,  1911. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  nineteenth  day  of  October,  1911. 


9 


23 


f 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

IN  THE  MATTER  OF  THE  APPLICATION  OF  THE  ^ 

Lima  Natural  Gas  Company  for  per-  j 

MISSION  TO  FILE  SCHEDULE  OF  RATES  FOR  Formal  No.  29. 

Cridersville,  Ohio,  with  minimum  j 
CHARGE.  J 

The  schedule  of  rates  to  be  charged  for  natural  gas  in  the  village 
of  Cridersville,  tendered  for  filing  on  the  29th  day  of  September,  1911, 
by  The  Lima  Natural  Gas  Company,  is  hereby  approved  to  become  effec- 
tive November  first,  1911. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  nineteenth  day  of  October,  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  matter  of  the  application  of  The" 

Lima  Natural  Gas  Company  for  per-  _ , __ 

fbormal  No.  30. 

mission  to  file  schedule  of  rates  for  j 

COLDWATER,  OHIO,  WITH  MINIMUM  CHARGE,  j 

The  schedule  of  rates  to  be  charged  for  natural  gas  in  the  village 
of  Coldwater,  tendered  for  filing  on  the  29th  .day  of  September,  1911, 
by  The  Lima  Natural  Gas  Company  is  hereby  approved  to  become  effec- 
tive November  1st,  1911. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  nineteenth  day  of  October,  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  matter  of  the  application  of  The" 

Wapakoneta  Natural  Gas  Company  for 

PERMISSION  TO  FILE  SCHEDULE  RATES  FOR  Formal  No.  31. 
Wapakoneta,  Ohio,  with  minimum  i 
CHARGE.  J 

The  schedule  of  rates  to  be  charged  for  natural  gas  in  the  city  of 
Wapakoneta,  tendered  for  filing  on  the  29th  day  of  September,  1911, 
by  The  Wapakoneta  Natural  Gas  Company,  is  hereby  approved  to  be- 
come effective  November  1st,  1911. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  October  19th,  1911. 


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Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  .matter  of  the  application  of  The^I 

St.  Marys  Gas  Company  for  permission  | _ , 

0 ,,  > Formal  No.  72. 

TO  FILE  SCHEDULE  OF  RATES  FOR  St.  MaRYS,  j 

Ohio,  with  minimum  charge.  j 

The  schedule  of  rates  to  be  charged  for  natural  gas  in  the  city  of 
St.  Marys,  tendered  for  filing  on  the  29th  day  of  September,  1911,  by 
The  St.  Marys  Gas  Company,  is  hereby  approved  to  become  effective 
November  1st,  1911. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  nineteenth  day  of  October,  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  matter  of  the  application  of  The 

Celina  Gas  Company  for  permission  to  _ , 

~ ~ > Formal  No. 

file  schedule  of  rates  for  Celina,  Ohio, 

WITH  MINIMUM  CHARGE. 


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The  schedule  for  rates  to  be  charged  for  natural  gas  in  the  city  of 
Celina,  tendered  for  filing  on  the  29th  day  of  September,  1911,  by  The 
Celina  Gas  Company,  is  hereby  approved  to  become  effective  Novem- 
ber 1st,  1911. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  nineteenth  day  of  October,  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  matter  of  the  application  of  The^ 

Mt.  Vernon  Electric  Company  for  ap-  ! _ t XT 

T ■p>  f Formal  No.  34. 

PROVAL  OF  CONTRACT  WITH  TlIE  FEDERAL  ° 

Electric  Sign  System  Company.  J 

This  matter  came  on  this  day  for  investigation  upon  the  pleadings 
and  the  exhibits,  and  the  Commission  being  fully  advised  find  that  the 
contract  submitted  is  not  in  conformity  with  law  and  approval  thereof 
is,  therefore,  refused. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  thirtieth  day  of  September,  1911. 


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Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


Application  of  The  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  1 

and  Dayton  Railway  Company  for  au-  I _ , XT 

f Formal  No. 

THORITY  TO  ISSUE  BONDS  IN  THE  SUM  OF  j ^ 

$462,000.00.  J 

The  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Dayton  Railway  Company  having  on 
the  twenty-ninth  day  of  September  filed  its  petition  for  authority  to 
issue  its  bonds  of  the  par  value  of  $462,000.00,  to  be  used  as  a deposit 
and  pledge  as  security  and  indemnity  to  a company  or  companies  who 
would  become  surety,  or  sureties,  on  a bond  for  the  release  of  a certain 
attachment  issued  by  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State  of  New  York, 
in  a suit  therein  pending  wherein  the  said,  The  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and 
Dayton  Railway  Company  is  defendant,  or  to  a person,  firm  or  corpora- 
tion, who  would  indemnify  such  surety  company,  or  companies,  and  the 
time  of  hearing  said  matter  having  been  fixed  for  October  2nd,  1911,  and 
having  on  said  day  been  heard  in  part,  and  the  further  hearing  thereof 
having  been  continued  from  day  to  day,  came  on  this  day  for  final 
hearing. 

After  hearing  all  the  evidence,  examining  the  exhibits  and  making 
such  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the  Commission  deemed  proper,  the 
Commission  is  of  the  opinion  that  authority  for  such  issue  should  not 
be  granted  and  said  application  is,  therefore,  denied. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  October  27,  1911. 

■ • ) 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In 


THE  MATTER  OF  THE  APPLICATION  OF  THE 

Harrison  and  Jefferson  Telephone  Com- 
pany and  The  Hopedale  Telephone 
Company  for  approval  of  the  sale  and 
transfer  of  certain  property  by  The 
Harrison  and  Jefferson  Company  to  The 
Hopedale  Telephone  Company. 


Formal  No. 


36- 


This  matter  came  on  to  be  heard  upon  the  joint  petition  of  The 
Harrison  and  Jefferson  Telephone  Company  and  the  Hopedale  Tele- 
phone Company,  the  evidence  and  the  exhibits. 


After  due  consideration  of  the  petition,  the  evidence  and  the  ex- 
hibits, and  the  Commission  being  fully  advised  in  the  premises,  and  it 
appearing  that  the  public  will  be  furnished  adequate  service  for  a rea- 
sonable and  just  charge,  the  Commission  is  satisfied  that  the  prayer  of 
said  petition  should  be  granted.  It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  The  Harrison  and  Jefferson  Telephone  Company  be, 
and  it  is,  hereby,  authorized  to  sell  and  transfer  to  The  Hopedale  Tele- 
phone Company  certain  real  estate,  franchise  rights,  and  personal  prop- 
erty, fully  set  out  in  the  petition  and  in  an  inventory  filed  herein,  and 
marked  exhibit  “A,”  on  the  terms  and  conditions  agreed  upon  by  said 
companies  and  set  out  in  their  said  joint  petition;  and  the  said,  The 
Hopedale  Telephone  Company  is  authorized  to  purchase  said  property. 
It  is,  further, 

Ordered,  That  this  order  shall  be  in  effect  and  the  authority  herein 
granted  may  be  exercised  on  and  after  this  date. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  fifth  day  of  December,  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


The  Massillon  Board  of  Trade  Company, 

Complainant , 
vs. 


^Formal  No.  38. 


Pennsylvania  Company  and  The  Baltimore  j 
and  Ohio  Railroad  Company, 

Defendants.  J 


It  appearing  that  this  complaint  has  been  satisfied,  the  same  is 
therefore,  at  the  request  of  complainant  dismissed . without  further 
record. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  January  12th,  1912. 


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Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


The  Village  of  Maumee, 


Complainant , 


i 


vs. 


Formal  No.  39. 


The  Ohio  Electric  Railway  Company,  | 

Defendant.  J 


This  case  came  on  to  be  heard  upon  the  petition  of  the  complainant, 
the  Village  of  Maumee,  through  its  Mayor,  John  A.  Smith,  the  answer 
thereto  of  the  defendant,  the  evidence  and  the  exhibits. 

The  complainant  alleges,  among  other  things,  that  it  is  a munic- 
ipal corporation,  duly  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  Ohio,  is  situate  in 
Lucas  County,  Ohio,  and  has  a population  of  two  thousand,  three  hun- 
dred persons,  and  is  surrounded  by  a well  populated  county;  that  the 
defendant  owns  and  operates,  by  electric  power,  an  interurban  railway 
which  runs  through  and  across  the  village  of  Maumee,  that  said  railway 
has  been  in  operation  for  about  four  years,  and  that  defendant  main- 
tains a daily  passenger  service  of  sixteen  cars  each  way,  all  of  which 
cars  stop  at  said  village  fo.r  letting  off  and  taking  on  passengers,  and  ten 
of  which  cars,  five  each  way,  are  what  are  designated  as  “limited  cars ;” 
that  said  village  is  a regular  station  on  defendant's  line  of  railroad  for 
the  accommodation  of  passengers,  and  that  defendant  is  a large  carrier 
of  freight  in  and  out  of  said  village,  that  defendant  has  never  maintained 
a depot,  or  depo.t  building,  within  the  corporate  limits  of  said  village 
and  has  neglected  and  failed  to  construct  and  maintain  a depot  or  depot 
building  in  the  corporate  limits  o,f  said  village  for  the  accommodation  of 
passengers,  nor  does  it  have  or  maintain  a station  agent  in  said  place, 
nor  has  it  a freight  depot  therein. 

The  defendant,  by  way  of  answer  to  the  complaint,  alleges,  among 
other  things,  that  the  village  of  Maumee  is  located  upon  the  Maumee 
River,  the  Miami  and  Erie  Canal,  the  Toledo,  St.  Louis  and  Western 
Railway,  the  Wabash  Railway  and,  also,  upon  the  line  of  the  Maumee 
Valley  Traction  Company,  operated  by  The  Toledo  Railways  and  Light 
Company,  and  upon  The  Toledo,  Bowling  Green  and  Southern  Traction 
Company ; that  The  Toledo  Railways  and  Light  Company  operates  said 
Maumee  Valley  Traction  line  from  near  the  center  of  the  city  of  Toledo 
to  the  center  of  the  village  of  Maumee,  providing  ample  accommodation 
for  passengers  and  freight,  and  operates  passenger  cars  on  a schedule 
of  about  every  twenty-four  minutes  and  more  than  forty  cars  daily;  that 
The  Toledo,  Bowling  Green  and  Southern  Traction  Company  operates 
between  the  city  of  Findlay  and  the  city  of  Toledo  upon  an  hourly 
schedule  of  eleven  local  and  ten  limited  cars  each  way  daily,  all  furnishing 


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service  to  the  inhabitants  of  said  village  of  Maumee ; that  the 
Toledo,  St.  Louis  and  Western  Railway  Company  operates  its  system  of 
railway  extending  from  the  city  of  Toledo  to  the  city  of  St.  Louis, 
passing  through  said  village,  and  operates  a number  of  cars  daily  each 
way,  and  provides  ample  accomodation  for  both  passengers  and  freight; 
that  the  Wabash  Railway  Company,  operating  from  said  city  of  T6ledo, 
through  said  village  of  Maumee,  to  the  city  of  Ft.  Wayne,  provides 
ample  accommodation ; that  all  of  said  railways  except  the  Wabash  Rail- 
way is  located  in  or  in  proximity  to  the  center  of  said  village  of  Maumee ; 
that  defendant’s  railroad  is  located  and  operated  through  vacant  lands 
along  the  west  side  of  said  village  of  Maumee,  about  one-half  mile 
distant  from  the  center  of  said  village,  and  between  defendant’s  said 
line  and  the  built-up  portion  of  said  village  is  the  Miami  and  Erie  Canal 
and  the  Clover  Leaf  Railroad,  so  that,  owing  to  the  conditions  stated, 
the  defendant  obtains  but  a small  percent  of  the  business,  either  pas- 
senger or  freight,  in  or  out  of  said  village  and  cannot  expect,  under 
present  conditions,  to  obtain  business  sufficient  to  justify  it  in  maintaining 
a passenger  and  freight  depot  and  agents  therein,  and  that  the  revenue 
derived  from  all  business  in  and  out  of  Maumee  does  not  amount  to  a 
sufficient  sum  of  money  to  justify  said  company  in  maintaining  such 
depots  and  agents  in  said  village,  and  that,  prior  to  the  filing  of  the  com- 
plaint herein,  defendant,  at  its  shops  in  Lima,  began  the  framing  of 
material  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  at  the  village  of  Maumee  and 
upon  its  line  of  railroad,  a standard  shelter  station,  or  waiting  room, 
and  that  this,  with  freight  platforms,  will  provide  all  the  facilities  that 
the  business  in  that  locality  will  justify. 

After  considering  the  pleadings,  hearing  the  evidence,  examining 
the  exhibits  and  making  such  further  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the 
Commission  deemed  proper,  the  Commission  finds  that  the  facilities  and 
service  furnished  by  defendant,  for  the  accommodation  of  passenger  and 
freight  traffic,  at  the  village  of  Maumee  are  inadequate. 

The  Commission  further  finds  that  the  defendant  is  the  owner  of 
land  upon  which  a suitable  depot  building  may  be  erected. 

The  Commission  further  finds  that  the  fact  that  the  other  carriers, 
named  in  defendant’s  answer,  provide  adequate,  passenger  and  freight 
facilities  in  said  village  does  not  excuse  defendant  from  providing  ade- 
quate facilities  upon  its  line. 

The  Commission  further  finds  that  the  business  offered  to  defendant 
is  sufficient  in  volume  to  justify  defendant  in  maintaining  the  facilities 
herein  ordered. 

The  Commission  further  finds  that  the  building  and  facilities  fur- 
nished at  this  point  by  defendant  since  the  commencement  of  this  action 
are  inadequate.  It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  the  defendant.  The  Ohio  Electric  Railway  Company, 
be  and  it  is,  hereby,  notified  and  required  to  provide  and  maintain  at 


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said  village  of'  Maumee  an  adequate  depot  building,  on  or  convenient  to 
its  right-of-way,  for  the  accommodation  of  such  passenger  and  freight 
traffic  as  may  be  offered  to  it  at  this  point.  It  is  further 

Ordered,  That  said  building  shall  be  kept  clean,  well  lighted  and 
warmed,  for  the  comfort  and  accommodation  of  the  traveling  public.  It 
is  further 

Ordered,  That  defendant  may  comply  with  this  order  by  the  erec- 
tion of  a building  which  shall  contain  at  least  one  enclosed  room,  not  less 
in  size  than  twelve  by  fourteen  (12x14)  feet,  or  its  equivalent,  for 
the  accommodation  of  passengers,  and  by  providing  such  additional  space 
in  said  building,  or  in  a separate  building,  at  the  option  of  defendant, 
as  will  afford  adequate  facilities  for  the  handling  of  freight  forwarded 
and  received  at  this  station.  It  is  further 

Ordered,  That  ninety  (90)  days  from  this  date  shall  be  considered 
a reasonable  time  within  which  to  comply  with  this  order. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  eleventh  of  April,  1912, 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  matter  of  the  application  of  The 
Chesterhill  Fuel  and  Light  Company 
and  The  River  Gas  Company  for  the  ap- 


proval OF  THE  SALE  OF  AND  TRANSFER  OF 
THE  PROPERTY,  EXCEPT  THE  FRANCHISE  IN 
THE  VILLAGE  OF  CHESTERHILL,  OHIO,  OF 

The  Chesterhill  Fuel  and  Light  Com- 
pany to  The  River  Gas  Company. 


Formal  No. 


40. 


This  matter  came  on  to  be  heard  upon  the  joint  petition  of  The 
Chesterhill  Fuel  and  Light  Company  and  The  River  Gas  Company,  the 
evidence  and  the  exhibits.  After  due  consideration  of  the  pleadings, 
the  evidence  and  the  exhibits,  and  the  Commission  being  fully  informed 
in  the  premises,  and  it  appearing  that  the  public  will  be  furnished 
adequate  service  for  a reasonable  and  just  rate,  the  Commission  is 
satisfied  that  the  prayer  of  said  petition  should  be  granted.  It  is,  there- 
fore, 

Ordered,  That  The  Chesterhill  Fuel  and  Light  Company  be  and  it 
is  hereby  authorized  to  sell  and  convey  all  its  rights  and  property  to  The 
River  Gas  Company  for  the  consideration,  and  on  the  terms,  set  out  in 
the  contract  made  and  entered  into  by  said  companies  for  such  con- 
veyance and  designated  as  Exhibit  A and  attached  to  said  joint  petition. 
It  is  further 


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Ordered,  That  this  order  shall  be  in  effect  and  the  authority  there- 
in granted  may  be  exercised  on  and  after  this  date. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twenty-first  day  of  October,  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


The  Kilbourn  Mutual  Telephone  Company,  ^ 

Complainant 

vs. 


The  New  Ashley  Telephone  Company,  et  al,  j 

Defendants.  J 


Formal  No.  41, 


This  case  came  on  this  day  for  further  hearing,  and  it  appearing 
that  The  Kilbourn  Mutual  Telephone  Company  is  a corporation  incor- 
porated and  organized,  under  the  laws  of  Ohio,  not  for  profit,  the  Com- 
mission find  that  said  company  has  not  the  legal  capacity  to  maintain 
this  action  and  the  same  is,  therefore,  dismissed. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  December  8th,  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  matter  of  the  application  of  TheI 

Ironton  Electric  Company  for  author-  ^Formal  No.  42. 

ITY  TO  ISSUE  $14,000.00  CAPITAL  STOCK. 

The  Ironton  Electric  Company,  a corporation  organized  under  the 
laws  of  Ohio,  having,  on  the  twenty-first  day  of  October,  1911,  filed 
its  petition  for  authority  to  issue  its  common  stock  of  the  par  value  of 
$14,000.00  for  the  purpose  of  securing  funds  to  be  used  in  the  purchase 
of,  and  the  making  of  necessary  improvements  on  and  additions  to  cer- 
tain property  of  The  Ohio  Valley  Electric  Company,  an  inventory  show- 
ing the  character  and  value  of  said  property  being  attached  to  the  peti- 
tion herein  and  marked  exhibit  “A”,  said  property  being  now  and  here-  v 
tofore  used  by  the  said  The  Ohio  Valley  Electric  Railway  Company  for 
municipal,  mercantile  and  commercial  electric  lighting  in  the  City  of 
Ironton,  Ohio,  and  the  time  of  hearing  said  matter  having  been  fixed 
for  October  twenty-seventh,  1911,  and  due  notice  of  the  time  and  place 


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of*  said  hearing  having  been  given,  and  said  matter  having  been  heard  in 
part  at  said  time,  and  the  further  hearing  thereof  having  been  continued 
from  day  to  day,  the  same  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing. 

After  due  consideration  of  the  pleadings,  hearing  the  evidence,  ex- 
amining the  exhibits  and  making  such  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the 
Commission  deemed  proper,  and  it  appearing  that  the  proceeds  of  the 
sale  of  said  stock  are  to  be  used  for  the  discharge  of  the  lawful  obliga- 
tions of  said  corporation,  it  is, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Ironton  Electric  Company  be,  and  it  is, 
hereby,  authorized  to  issue  its  common  stock  of  the  par  value  of  Four- 
teen Thousand  Dollars  ($14,000.00),  and  that  said  stock  be  sold  at  not 
less  than  the  par  value  thereof,  it  being  the  opinion  and  finding  of  the 
Commission  that  the  capital  to  be  secured  by  the  sale  of  said  stock  is 
reasonably  required  for  the  purposes  of  said  The  Ironton  Electric  Com- 
pany. It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  stock  be 
devoted  by  said  The  Ironton  Electric  Company  to,  and  used  for  the  fol- 
lowing purposes,  and  no  other,  to-wit : The  purchase  of  and  the  making 
of  necessary  improvements  on  and  additions  to  the  property  fully  set 
out  in  said  petition  and  exhibit,  which  is  made  a part  hereof  by  refer- 
ence. It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  said  The  Ironton  Electric  Company  make  veri- 
fied report  to  the  Commission  as  follows : Upon  the  sale  of  said  stock, 
or  any  part  thereof,  the  fact  of  such  sale;  the  terms  and  conditions  of 
sale,  the  amount  realized  therefrom,  which  shall  not  be  less  than  the 
par  value  of  said  stock;  at  the  termination  of  each  and  every  period  of 
three  months  from  the  date  of  this  order,  the  disposition  made  of  the 
proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said  stock,  setting  forth  in  reasonable  detail, 
the  purposes  to  which  the  proceeds  have  been  devoted,  and  that  such 
report  be  made  until  all  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said  stock  have 
been  expended  pursuant  to  this  order. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twenty-seventh  day  of  January,  1912. 


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Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


The  Federal  Clay  Product  Company, 

Complainant 


^Formal  No.  43. 

The  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  Company,  | 

Defendant.  J 


entry  of  dismissal. 

It  appearing  that  defendant  has  accorded  satisfaction  in  this  case, 
the  same  is  therefore  dismissed  without  further  record. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  March  13th,  1912. 


* Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  matter  of  the  amended  application 
of  The  People's  Telephone  Company,  of 
Geneva,  Ohio,  for  authority  to  sell 

$8, 000.00  OF  CAPITAL  STOCK. 

The  People’s  Telephone  Company,  a corporation  organized  under 
the  laws  of  Ohio,  with  its  principal  place  of  business  at  Geneva,  Ohio, 
having,  on  the  sixth  day  of  February,  1912,  filed  its  amended  petition 
for  authority  to  issue  its  common  stock  of  the  par  value  of  Eight  Thous- 
and Dollars,  and  said  matter  having  been  set  for  hearing.  March  sixth, 
1912,  at  two  o’clock  p.  m.,  and  due  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of  said 
hearing  having  been  given  and  having  been  heard  in  part  on  said  day 
and  the  further  hearing  thereof  having  been  continued  from  day  to  day, 
the  same  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing. 

After  considering  the  pleadings,  hearing  the  evidence,  examining 
the  exhibits  and  making  such  further  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the 
Commission  deemed  proper,  and  it  appearing  that  the  proceeds  of  the 
sale  of  said  stock  are  to  be  used  for  the  discharge  of  the  lawful  obliga- 
tions of  said  corporation,  the  Commission  is  satisfied  that  the  prayer  of 
said  amended  petition  should  be  granted.  It  is.  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  People’s  Telephone  Company  be.  and  it  is, 
hereby,  authorized  to  issue  its  common  stock  of  the  par  value  of  Eight 
Thousand  Dollars  ($8,000.00),  and  that  said  stock  be  sold  at  the  best 
price  obtainable,  which  shall  not  be  less  than  the  par  value  thereof,  it 


Formal  No.  44. 


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being  the  opinion  and  finding  of  the  Commission  that  the  money  to  be  ob- 
tained by  the  issue  of  said  stock  is  reasonably  required  for  the  proper 
purposes  of  said  corporation.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  stock  be 
devoted  by  said  The  People’s  Telephone  Company  to  and  used  for  the 
following  purposes,  and  no  other,  to-wit : the  payment  for  underground 
construction,  new  construction,  new  equipment  and  exchange  building, 
the  same  being  fully  itemized  and  set  out  in  detail  in  said  amended  peti- 
tion, the  same  being  made  a part  of  this  order  by  reference.  It  is 
further, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  People’s  Telephone  Company  make  vari- 
fied  report  to  the  Commission  as  follows : upon  the  sale  of  said  stock,  or 
any  part  thereof,  the  fact  of  such  sale ; the  terms  and  conditions  of  sale ; 
the  amounts  realized  therefrom,  which  shall  be  the  largest  amounts  ob- 
tainable and  not  less  than  the  par  value  of  said  stock;  at  the  termina- 
tion of  each  and  every  period  of  three  (3)  months  from  the  date  of  this 
order,  the  disposition  and  use  made  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said 
stock,  setting  forth  in  reasonable  detail,  the  purposes  to  which  said  pro- 
ceeds have  been  devoted,  and  that  such  report  be  made  until  all  the 
proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said  stock  have  been  expended  in  accordance  with 
this  order. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twenty-first  of  March,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The 
Hocking  Valley  Railway  Company  for 
Authority  to  Issue  Two-Year  Four  and 
One-Half  Per  Cent.  Gold  Notes,  Ma- 
turing November  i,  1913,  in  the  Face 
Amount  of  $4,000,000. 


^Formal  No.  48. 


The  Hocking  Valley  Railway  Company  having  duly  presented  to 
the  Public  Service  Commission  of  Ohio  its  verified  application  in  writ- 
ing stating  that  said  Railway  Company  proposes  to  create,  and  to  sell 
for  money  only,  an  issue  of  $4,000,000  of  its  Two-Year  Four  and  One- 
Half  per  cent.  Gold  Notes  to  be  dated  November  1,  1911,  and  to  mature 
November  1,  1913;  said  notes  to  be  issued  under  an  indenture  with  The 
Equitable  Trust  Company  of  New  York,  as  Trustee,  a tentative  draft 
of  which  is  to  said  application  attached  marked  Schedule  A and  made 
a part  thereof,  and  said  Railway  Company  having  thereupon  requested 
that  this  Commission  by  order  duly  made,  authorize,  consent  to  and 
permit  the  issue  and  sale  by  said  Railway  Company  of  said  $4,000,000, 


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face-amount,  of  said  Two-Year  Four  and  One-Half  Per  Cent.  Gold 
Notes  for  the  purposes  and  upon  the  terms  hereinafter  set  forth : 

Now,  Therefore,  said  application  having  been  duly  considered 
and  the  same  being  in  due  form  and  sufficient  in  law,  the  Public  Service 
Commission  of  Ohio  Hereby  Orders,  Consents  to,  and  Authorizes 
the  issuance  by  said  The  Hocking  Valley  Railway  Company  of  its  Two- 
Year  Four  and  One-Half  Per  Cent.  Gold  Notes  as  follows;  to-wit: 

1.  The  amount  and  character  of  said  notes  are  as  follows: 

Said  notes  are  Two-Year  Four  and  One-Half  Per  Cent.  Gold  Notes 
of  said  Railway  Company  dated  November  i,  1911,  payable  November 
1,  1913,  and  are  to  be  substantially  in  the  form  in  said  indenture  set 
forth.  Pending  the  preparation  of  definitive  notes  some  or  all  of  said 
notes  may  be  issued  as  temporary  notes  as  provided  in  the  indenture. 
The  aggregate  face  amount  of  said  notes  in  respect  of  which  the  order 
of  this  Commission  is  granted,  is  $4,000,000,  constituting  the  entire  face 
amount  of  said  notes  authorized  to  be  issued  in  said  indenture. 

2.  The  purposes  for  which  said  $4,000,000  of  said  notes  are  to  be 
issued  are  as  follows : 

(a)  Three  million  two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars 
($3,250,000)  face  amount  of  notes  to  pay  and  refund  promissory  notes 
of  said  Railway  Company,  now  outstanding  to  the  face  amount  of 
$3,250,000  (of  which  $2,500,000  are  notes  dated  April  21,  1910,  held 
by  Kuhn,  Loeb  & Co.,  of  New  York  City,  and  $750,000  are  notes,  dated 
July  10,  1909,  maturing  July  10,  1910,  and  since  extending  by  agreement 
with  the  holders,  said  $750,000  of  notes  being  held  by  J.  P.  Morgan  & 
Co.,  of  New  York  City.) 

(b)  Seven  hundred  fifty  thousand  dollars  ($750,000)  face  amount 
of  notes  to  provide  funds  to  be  applied  on  account  of  the  acquisition  of 
property,  the  construction,  completion,  extension  or  improvement  of 
the  facilities  of  said  Railway  Company  and  the  improvement  or  main- 
tenance of  its  service,  the  nature  and  estimated  cost  thereof  being  as 
follows : 

ADDITIONS  TO  AND  IMPROVEMENTS  AND  BETTERMENTS  OF  FACILITIES  OF 
THE  HOCKING  VALLEY  RY.  FROM  NOVEMBER  1ST,  I9II. 


Needed  to  complete  work  previously  undertaken : 

Dec.,  1911 

Olentangy  and  Lancaster  bridges $2,726  40 

Kimberly  to  Beaumont,  2nd  track 1,093  32 

Passing  tracks,  Hocking  Division 3,000  00 

Passing  tracks,  River  Division 500  00 

South  Columbus,  Parsons  Avenue  Yard 6,251  60 

Walbridge  Engine  House 6.687  39 

Columbus  Grade  Crossing  Elimination 25,000  00 

Logan  Steam  Pipe  Conduit 5,000  00 


Total  $50,258  71 


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Calendar  Year  of  1912. 

Necessary.  Desirable. 

Electric  Lighting  Plant,  Walbridge $10,500  00 

Extension  of  29  Passing  tracks,  Toledo  Division,  to  hold 

65  cars,  engine  and  caboose 45,000  00 

Telephone  train  dispatching  installation,  Toledo  Division.  15,000  00 

Passing  Track,  Kanauga 3,000  00 

Additional  right-of-way,  Harpster,  for  drainage  ditch 

and  second  track 1,000  00 

15  locomotives,  10  freight,  4 passenger,  1 hump 300,000  00 

10  coaches 120,000  00 

10  caboose  cars  7,500  00 

2-span  deck  girders,  109  ft.  spans,  single  track,  replace- 
ment bridge  over  Big  Walnut  Creek,  including  new 

pier  17,600  00 

1 girder,  64  feet  over  highway,  north  of  Marion 6,000  00 

1 girder,  54  ft.,  LeMoyne 4,500  00 

Rail  Saw  and  Drill 2,000  00 

Grade  separation,  S.  High  St.,  Columbus 50,000  00 

Necessary.  Desirable. 

5 sections  2nd  track,  aggregating  15.8  miles $278,250  00 

Extension  Yard  track,  Nelsonville 10,000  00 

Telephone  train  dispatching  installation,  Hocking  Division.  10,000  00 

Nelsonville  Cut-Off  55,000  00 

Miscellaneous  station  and  office  buildings 15,000  00 

Water  tank  and  track  scales,  Walbridge 4,700  00 

Marion  Engine  House  and  tracks,  including  purchase  of 

land,  water  softening  plant,  etc 25,000  00 

Shop  tools,  Columbus  and  Logan 5,000  00 

Sanitary  closets  and  sewage,  Logan 5,000  00 

4-story  fire-proof  construction  building  for  storage  of  rec- 
ords required  under  I.  C.  C.  regulations 36,000  00 

Yard  tracks,  S.  Columbus  Yard $165,000  00 

Installation  water  softening  plant  and  water  supply 15,000  00 

Coal  plant,  ash  pit,  etc 25,000  00 

Engine  house,  15  stalls,  to  be  constructed  during  1913, 
and  provision  made  for  additional  15  stalls  during 

1914  or  subsequently 50,000  00 

xurntable  10,000  00 

^>team  pipe,  washout  plant,  electric  lighting,  etc 20,000  00 

•Office  building  and  storehouse 5,000  00 

Car  repairs  bldg.,  storehouse,  etc 2,000  00 

Sanitary  sewage  disposal,  out  buildings,  etc 5.000  00 


Total  $762,100  00  $560,950  00 

Needed  to  complete  work  previously  undertaken $50,258  71 


Grand  Total  $812,358  71 

The  money  to  be  procured  by  the  issue  of  said  $4,000,000  of  notes  is 
reasonably  required  for  the  purposes  aforesaid  and  said  Railway  Com- 
pany is  not,  without  the  consent  of  this  Commission,  to  apply  any  of  the 
proceeds  of  said  notes  to  any  purpose  not  hereinabove  specified. 


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3.  The  terms  upon  which  said  notes  are  to  be  issued  are  as  fol- 
lows : Said  notes  are,  forthwith  upon  the  issue  thereof,  to  be  sold  for 
money  only  at  a price  of  98  per  cent,  of  the  face  amount  thereof  to- 
gether with  accrued  interest  from  the  date  of  said  notes;  said  Railway 
Company  having  duly  entered  into  a contract  for  the  sale  of  said  $4,000,- 
000  of  notes  upon  said  terms,  subject  to  due  authorization  by  this  Com- 
mission. 

It  Is  Further  Ordered,  that  said  The  Hocking  Valley  Railway 
Company,  at  the  termination  of  each  and  every  period  of  six  (6)  months 
from  the  date  of  this  order,  make  verified  report  to  this  Commission  of 
the  disposition  and  use  made  of  the  proceeds  of  said  Two-Year  Four 
and  One-Half  Per  Cent.  Gold  Notes,  setting  forth  in  reasonable  detail 
the  purposes  to  which  such  proceeds  have  been  devoted  in  accordance 
with  the  provisions  of  this  Order  and  that  such  report  shall  be  made 
until  all  the  proceeds  of  said  notes  have  been  expended  in  accordance 
with  this  order. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  O.,  this  27th  day  of  October,  A.  D.  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The" 
Defiance  Gas  and  Electric  Company 
for  Approval  by  the  Commission  of  a 
Minimum  Charge  and  a Sliding  Scale 
of  Rates  to  be  Charged  for  Gas,  and  for 
Approval  of  a Minimum  Charge  and  a 
Sliding  Scale  of  Rates  to  be  Charged 
for  Electric  Current  in  Defiance,  Ohio.  J 


Formal  No. 


49- 


The  minimum  charge  and  sliding  scale  of  rates  to  be  charged  for 
gas  and  the  minimum  charge  and  sliding  scale  of  rates  to  be  charged 
for  electric  current  at  Defiance,  submitted  October  28th,  1911,  for 
approval  by  The  Defiance  Gas  and  Electric  Company,  are  hereby  ap- 
proved to  become  eflfective  November  30th,  1911. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  October  28th,  1911. 


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Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The 
Washington  Gas  and  Electric  Company 
for  Approval  by  the  Commission  of  a 
Minimum  Charge  and  Sliding  scale  of 
Rates  to  be  Charged  for  Gas  in  Wash- 
ington C.  H.,  Ohio. 


^Formal  No.  50. 


The  minimum  charge  and  sliding  scale  of  rates  to  be  charged  for 
gas  at  Washington  C.  H.,  Ohio,  submitted  November  1st,  1911,  for  ap- 
proval, by  The  Washington  Gas  and  Electric  Company  are  hereby  ap- 
proved to  become  effective  December  1st,  1911. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  November  1,  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The 
Washington  Gas  and  Electric  Company 
for  Approval  by  the  Commission  of  a 
Minimum  Charge  and  Sliding  Scale  of 
Rates  to  be  Charged  for  Gas  at  Bloom- 
ingburg,  Ohio. 


^Formal  No. 


5i* 


The  minimum  charge  and  sliding  scale  of  rates  to  be  charged  for 
gas  at  Bloomingburg,  Ohio,  submitted  November  1st,  1911,  for  approval, 
by  The  Washington  Gas  and  Electric  Company  are  hereby  approved  to 
become  effective  December  1st,  1911. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  November  1,  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The 
• Citizens  Telephone  Company  for  Au- 
thority to  Issue  Bonds  of  the  Par  Value 
of  $35,900.00. 


>■  Formal  No. 


52. 


The  Citizens  Telephone  Company,  located  at  Circleville,  Ohio,  a 
corporation  organized  under  the  laws  of  Ohio,  having  on  the  3rd  day  of 


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November,  1911,  filed  its  petition  for  authority  to  issue  its  bonds  of  the 
par  value  of  $35,900.00  for  the  purpose  of  providing  funds  to  take  up 
and  pay  off  a like  amount  of  said  company’s  bonds  falling  due  and  be- 
coming payable  on  the  first  day  of  March,  1912,  and  the  time  of  hearing 
said  mater  having  been  fixed  for  November  21st,  1911,  at  3 o’clock  p.  m. 
and  due  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of  said  hearing  having  been  given, 
the  same  came  on  this  day  to  be  heard. 

After  considering  the  pleadings,  hearing  the  testimony,  examining 
the  exhibits  and  making  such  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the  Commis- 
sion deemed  proper,  and  it  appearing  that  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of 
"said  bonds,  are  to  be  used  for  the  discharge  of  the  lawful  obligations 
of  said,  The  Citizens  Telephone  Company,  of  Circleville,  to-wit:  Nec- 
essary expenses  incurred  in  paying  off  bonds  of  the  applicant  of  like 
amount  falling  due  and  becoming  payable  on  the  first  day  of  March, 
1912.  Now,  upon  due  consideration  of  the  petition  herein,  the  exhibits 
and  the  evidence ; It  is 

Ordered,  That  said,  The  Citizens  Telephone  Company  be,  and  it 
is  hereby  authorized  to  issue  its  bonds  of  the  par  value  of  $35,900.00 
and  that  said  bonds  be  sold  at  not  less  than  the  par  value  thereof,  it 
being  the  opinion  and  finding  of  the  Commission  that  the  capital  to  be 
secured  by  the  sale  of  said  bonds,  is  reasonably  required  for  said  pur- 
poses of  the  corporation.  It  is  further 

Ordered,  That  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  bonds  be 
devoted  by  said,  The  Citizens  Telephone  Company,  to,  and  used  for  the 
following  purposes,  and  no  other,  to-wit:  The  discharge  of  its  lawful 
obligations  in  taking  up  and  paying  off  its  bonds  of  like  amount  falling 
due  and  becoming  payable  on  the  first  day  of  March,  1912.  It  is  1-urther 

Ordered,  That  said,  The  Citizens  Telephone  Company  make  ver- 
ified report  to  the  Commission  as  follows : Upon  the  sale  of  said  bonds 
or  any  part  thereof,  the  fact  of  such  sale:  the  terms  and  conditions  of 
sale;  the  amounts  realized  therefrom,  which  shall  not  be  less  than  the 
par  value  of  said  bonds.  At  the  termination  of  each  and  every  period  of 
six  (6)  months  from  the  date  of  this  order,  the  disposition  and  use 
made  of  the  proceeds  of  said  bonds,  setting  forth  in  reasonable  detail, 
the  purposes  to  which  the  proceeds  have  been  devoted,  in  accordance 
with  the  provisions  of  this  order;  and  that  such  report  be  made  until 
all  the  proceeds  of  said  bonds  have  been  expended,  pursuant  to  this  order. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  Nov.  21,  1911. 


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Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The 
Dayton  Power  and  Light  Company  for 
Approval  of  Minimum  Charge  and  Slid- 
ing Scale  of  Rates  to  be  Charged  for 
Electric  Current  in  the  City  of  Day- 
ton,  Ohio. 


^Formal  No.  53. 


It  appearing  to  the  Commission  that  the  schedule  of  rates  submit- 
ted for  approval,  has  been  heretofore,  to-wit,  on  November  7th,  1911, 
withdrawn  by  said  Company,  and  no  other  schedule  substituted  therefor,, 
this  case  is,  therefore,  dismissed. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  eighth  day  of  February,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Complaint  of  A.  F.  ^ 

Herbsleb,  on  Behalf  of  the  Users  of 
Electric  Current  of  an  Unjust,  Un- 
reasonable and  Unlawful  Charge  for 
Such  Current  by  The  Union  Gas  and 
Electric  Company  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  > 

Upon  the  application  of  complainant,  this  case  is  hereby  dismissed 
without  prejudice. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  December  26th,  1911. 


Formal  No.  54. 


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Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The 
Springfield  and  Washington  Railway 
Company,  for  Authority  to  Issue  Two 
Hundred  Thousand  Dollars  Par  Value 
of  Common  Stock,  and  Three  Hundred 
Thousand  Dollars  Par  Value  of  Thirty 
Year,  Five  Per  Cent.,  Bonds,  For  The 
Purpose  of  Extending  and  Equipping 
Said  Company's  Traction  Line  from 
South  Charleston  to  Washington, 
Ohio,  and  Refunding  Said  Company's 
Present  Mortgage  Indebtedness. 


^Formal  No. 


55- 


The  Springfield  and  Washington  Railway  Company,  having  on  the 
eleventh  day  of  November,  1911,  filed  its  petition  for  authority  to  issue 
Two  Hundred  Thousand  Dollars,  par  value,  of  common  stock  and  Three 
Hundred  Thousand  Dollars,  par  value,  of  bonds,  for  the  purpose  of 
raising  funds  to  construct,  extend  and  equip  its  line  from  South  Charles- 
ton to  the  city  of  Washington,  Ohio,  and  to  refund  $105,000.00  mortgage 
indebtedness,  and  the  time  of  hearing  having  been  fixed  for  Wednesday, 
November  22nd,  at  10:00  a.  m.,  and  due  notice  of  the  time  and  place 
of  said  hearing  having  been  given,  this  day  came  on  to  be  heard.  After 
considering  the  pleadings,  examining  the  exhibits  and  making  such  in- 
quiry and  investigation  as  the  Commission  deemed  proper,  and  it  ap- 
pearing that  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said  stock  and  bonds  are  to  be 
used  for  the  discharge  of  the  lawful  obligations  of  said.  The  Springfield 
and  Washington  Railway  Company  to-wit : Necessary  expenses  incur- 
red in  the  construction,  extension  and  equipment  of  its  line  from  South 
Charleston,  Ohio,  to  Washington,  Ohio,  and  in  the  refunding  of  its 
said  mortgage  indebtedness,  now,  upon  due  consideration  of  the  petition 
herein,  accompanying  exhibits  and  the  evidence,  it  is 

Ordered,  That  the  said,  The  Springfield  and  Washington  Railway 
Company  be,  and  it  is  hereby  authorized  to  issue  two  hundred  thousand 
dollars,  par  value,  of  common  stock  and  three  hundred  thousand  dollars, 
par  value,  of  bonds,  that  said  common  stock  be  sold  at  not  less  than  the 
par  value  thereof,  and  that  said  bonds  be  sold  at  not  less  than  eighty- 
five  per  centum  of  the  par  value  thereof.  It  is  further 

Ordered,  That  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  common 
stock  and  bonds,  be  devoted  by  the  said,  The  Springfield  and  Washington 
Railway  Company,  to,  and  used  for,  the  following  purposes,  and  no 
other,  to-wit:  The  discharge  of  its  lawful  obligations  incurred  in  the 
construction,  extension  and  equipment  of  its  line  between  South  Charles- 


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ton,  Ohio,  and  Washington,  Ohio,  and  for  the  refunding  of  its  said 
mortgage  indebtedness,  it  is  further 

Ordered,  That  the  said,  The  Springfield  and  Washington  Railway 
Company,  make  verified  report  to  the  Commission  as  follows : Upon  the 
sale  of  said  common  stock  and  bonds,  or  either,  or  any  part  of  either, 
the  fact  of  such  sale;  the  terms  and  conditions  of  sale;  the  amounts 
realized  therefrom,  which  shall  not  be  less  than  the  par  value  of  said 
common  stock,  and  not  less  than  eight  five  per  centum  of  the  par  value 
of  said  bonds.  At  the  termination  of  each  and  every  period  of  six 
(6)  months  from  the  date  of  this  order,  the  disposition  and  use  made 
of  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  common  stock  and  bonds, 
or  of  either,  setting  forth  in  reasonable  detail,  the  purpose  to  which  said 
proceeds  have  been  devoted  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this 
order;  and  that  such  report  shall  be  made  until  all  the  proceeds  of  said 
common  stock  and  bonds  have  Wen  expended  pursuant  to  this  order. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twenty-second  day  of  November,  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The 
Licking  Light  anp  Power  Company  for 
Approval  of  Minimum  Charge  and  Slid- 
ing Scale  of  Rates  to  be  Charged  for 
Electric  Current  in  the  City  of 
Newark. 


-\ 


> Formal  No. 


j 


The  minimum  charge  and  sliding  scale  of  rates  to  be  charged  for 
electric  current  in  the  city  of  Newark,  Ohio,  submitted  for  approval, 
November  13th,  1911,  by  The  Licking  Light  and  Power  Company  is 
hereby  approved  to  become  effective  February  1st,  1912. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  first  day  of  February,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The  > 
Columbus  Interurban  Terminal  Com- 
pany for  Authority  to  Issue  $125,000.00  f 
of  Bonds. 


Formal  No. 


57- 


The  Columbus  Interurban  Terminal  Company,  a corporation  un- 
der the  laws  of  the  State  of  Ohio,  having,  on  the  fourteenth  day  of 


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November,  1911,  filed  its  petition  for  authority  to  issue  its  first  mort- 
gage, five  per  cent.,  twenty-five  year  bonds,  of  the  par  value  of  $125,- 
000.00,  the  proceeds  arising  therefrom  to  be  used  for  the  erection  of  a 
terminal  freight!  and  passenger  station  on  real  estate  owned  by  said 
company  in  the  City  of  Columbus,  Ohio,  and  the  time  of  hearing  having 
been  fixed  for  the  twenty-seventh  day  of  November,  1911,  at  two  o’clock 
p.  m.,  and  due  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of  said  hearing  having  been 
given,  the  same  came  on  this  day  to  be  heard. 

After  considering  the  pleadings,  hearing  the  evidence,  examining 
the  exhibits  and  making  such  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the  Com- 
mission deemed  proper,  and  it  appearing  that  the  proceeds  of  the  sale 
of  said  bonds  are  to  be  used  for  the  discharge  of  the  lawful  obligations 
of  said  The  Columbus  Interurban  Terminal  Company,  to-wit:  Ex- 
penses incurred  in  the  erection  of  a terminal  freight  and  passenger  sta- 
tion on  real  estate  owned  by  said  company  in  Columbus,  Ohio,  with  ap- 
purtenances, yards,  tracks  and  connecting  tracks  in  connection  there- 
with, as  set  out  in  said  petition:  Now,  upon  due  consideration  of  the 
pleadings,  accompanying  exhibits  and  the  evidence,  it  is, 

Ordered,  That  The  Columbus  Interurban  Terminal  Company  be, 
and  it  is,  hereby,  authorized  to  issue  its  twenty-five  year,  five  per  cent, 
first  mortgage  bonds  of  the  par  value  of  $125,000.00,  and  that  said  bonds 
be  sold  at  not  less  than  ninety-five  per  centum  of  the  par  value  thereof, 
it  being  the  opinion  and  finding  of  the  Commission  that  the  money  to  be 
received  by  the  issue  of  said  bonds  is  reasonably  required  for  the  pur- 
poses of  the  said  The  Columbus  Interurban  Terminal  Company.  It  is 
further, 

Ordered,  That  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  bonds 
be  devoted  by  the  said  The  Columbus  Interurban  Terminal  Company, 
to,  and  used  for  the  following  purposes,  and  no  other,  to-wit:  The 
erection  of  a terminal  freight  and  passenger  station  on  real  estate  owned 
by  said  Company  in  the  City  of  Columbus,  Ohio,  with  appurtenances, 
yards,  tracks  and  connecting  tracks  in  connection  therewith.  It  is 
further, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Columbus  Interurban  Terminal  Company 
make  verified  report  to  the  Commission,  as  follows : Upon  the  sale  of 
said  bonds,  or  any  part  thereof,  the  fact  of  such  sale ; the  terms  and 
conditions  of  sale;  the  amount  realized  therefrom,  which  shall  not  be 
less  than  ninety-five  per  centum  of  the  par  value  of  said  bonds.  At  the 
termination  of  each  and  every  period  of  six  months  from  the  date  of  this 
order,  the  disposition  and  use  made  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said 
bonds,  setting  forth  in  reasonable  detail,  the  purposes  to  which  the  pro- 
ceeds have  been  devoted  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  order, 
and  that  such  report  be  made  until  the  proceeds  of  said  bonds  have 
been  expended. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twenty-seventh  day  of  November, 
1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The 
Medina  Gas  and  Fuel  Company  for  Au- 
thority to  Issue  Bonds  of  the  Par 
Value  of  $250,000.00. 


^Formal  No. 


j 


58. 


The  Medina  Gas  and  Fuel  Company,  a corporation  organized  under 
the  laws  of  Ohio,  having,  on  the  seventeenth  day  of  November,  1911, 
filed  its  petition  for  authority  to  issue  its  bonds,  of  the  par  value  of 
$250,000.00,  in  denominations  of  $1,000.00  each,  numbered  from  One 
to  Two  Hundred  and  Fifty,  both  inclusive,  payable,  $50,000.00  in  one 
year,  $50,000.00  in  two  years,  $50,000.00  in  three  years,  $50,000.00  in 
four  years  and  $50,000.00  in  five  years  and  to  draw  interest  at  6 per 
cent,  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually,  the  proceeds  to  be  used  for  con- 
structing, completing  and  equipping  a new  pipe  line  for  the  transportation 
of  gas  from  what  is  known  as  the  Medina-Ashland  Natural  Gas  Field 
to  Kenton,  Ohio,  a distance  of  about  sixty  miles,  and  fo.r  drilling  and 
equipping  additional  gas  wells  in  the  said  Medina-Ashland  Natural  Gas 
Field,  and  the  time  for  hearing  said  matter  having  been  fixed  for  the 
twenty-third  day  of  November,  1911,  at  one-thirty  P.  M.,  and  due 
notice  of  the  time  and  place  for  said  hearing  having  been  given,  the 
same  came  on  this  day  to  be  heard. 

After  hearing  all  the  evidence,  examining  the  exhibits  and  making 
such  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the  Commission  deemed  proper,  and  it 
appearing  that  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said  bonds  are  to  be  used  for 
the  discharge  of  the  lawful  obligations  of  said  The  Medina  Gas  and  Fuel 
Company,  to-wit:  For  the  payment  of  expenses  incurred  in  constructing, 
completing  and  equipping  a pipe  line  for  the  transportation  of  gas  from 
the  Medina-Ashland  Natural  Gas  Field  to  Kenton,  Ohio,  and  for  drilling 
and  equipping  additional  gas  wells  in  the  Medina-Ashland  Natural  Gas 
Field,  as  fully  set  out  in  said  petition : Now,  upon  due  consideration 
of  the  petition,  accompanying  exhibits  and  the  evidence,  it  is, 

Ordered,  That  the  said  The  Medina  Gas  and  Fuel  Company  be,  and 
it  is,  hereby,  authorized  to  issue  its  bonds  of  the  par  value  of  $250,000.00, 
in  denominations  of  $1,000.00  each,  numbered  from  One  to  Two  Hun- 
dred and  Fifty,  both  inclusive,  payable,  $50,000.00  in  one  year,  $50,000.00 
in  two  years,  $50,000.00  in  three  years,  $50,000.00  in  four  years  and 
$50,000.00  in  five  years,  and  that  said  bonds  be  sold  at  not  less  than 
ninety  (90)  percentum  of  the  par  value  thereof,  it  being  the  opinion 
and  finding  of  the  Commission  that  the  money  to  be  secured  by  the  is- 
sue of  said  bonds  is  reasonably  required  for  the  lawful  purposes  of  said 
The  Medina  Gas  and  Fuel  Company.  It  is  further, 


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Ordered,  That  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  bonds  be 
devoted  by  the  said  The  Medina  Gas  and  Fuel  Company  to,  and  used 
for  the  following  purposes,  and  no  other,  to-wit:  For  constructing, 
completing,  and  equipping  a new  pipe  line  for  the  transportation  of 
gas  from  what  is  known  as  the  Medina- Ashland  Natural  Gas  field  to 
Kenton,  Ohio,  and  for  drilling  and  equipping  additional  gas  wells  in 
the  said  Medina-Ashland  Natural  Gas  Field.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  said  The  Medina  Gas  and  Fuel  Company  make 
verified  report  to  the  Commission,  as  follows : Upon  the  sale  of  said 
bonds,  or  any  part  thereof,  the  fact  of  such  sale;  the  terms  and  con- 
ditions of  the  sale ; the  amounts  realized  from  said  sale,  which  shall 
not  be  less  than  ninety  (90)  percentum  of  the  par  value  of  said  bonds. 
At  the  termination  of  each  and  every  period  of  three  months  from  the 
date  of  this  o.rder,  the  disposition  and  use  made  of  the  proceeds  of  the 
sale  of  said  bonds,  setting  forth,  in  reasonable  detail,  the  purposes  to 
which  the  proceeds  have  been  devoted  in  accordance  with  the  provis- 
ions of  this  order,  and  that  such  report  be  made  until  all  the  proceeds  of 
said  bonds  have  been  expended  pursuant  to  this  order. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twenty-third  day  of  November,  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The 
Cleveland  and  Pittsburg  Railroad  Com- 
pany for  Authority  to  Issue  Capital 
Stock  for  the  Extension  and  Improve- 
ment of  its  Facilities  and  the  Mainte- 
nance of  its  Service  of  the  Par  Value 
of  $1,073,950.00. 


^Formal  No. 


j 


59* 


The  Cleveland  and  Pittsburg  Railroad  Company,  a corporation  or- 
ganized under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Ohio,  having,  on  the  seventeenth 
day  of  November,  1911,  filed  its  petition  for  authority  to  issue  its  capital 
stock  of  the  par  value  of  $1,073,950.00,  to  reimburse  the  Pennsylvania 
Railroad  Company  for  expenditures  made  in  the  improvement  of  the 
facilities  and  maintenance  of  the  service  of  the  Cleveland  and  Pitts- 
burg Railroad,  a statement,  in  detail,  of  such  expenditures  being  set  out 
fully  in  said  petition,  and  the  time  for  hearing  said  matter  having  been 
fixed  for  the  twenty-third  day  of  November,  1911,  at  ten  o’clock  a.  m. 
and  due  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of  said  hearing  having  been  given, 
the  same  came  on  this  day  to  be  heard. 


45 


After  hearing  all  the  evidence,  examining  the  exhibits  and  making 
such  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the  Commission  deemed  proper,  and  it 
appearing  that  said  stock  is  to  be  used  for  the  discharge  of  the  lawful 
obligations  of  said  The  Cleveland  and  Pittsburg  Railroad  Company,  to- 
wit : To  reimburse  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company  for  funds  ex- 
pended in  the  improvement  of  the  facilities  and  maintenance  of  the  serv- 
ice of  said  The  Cleveland  and  Pittsburg  Railroad  Company  in  the  man- 
ner fully  set  out  in  said  petition,  and  it  appearing  further,  that  said  ex- 
penditures were  made  by  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company  under  a 
valid  lease,  whereby  the  said  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company  is  required 
to  operate  the  railroad  of  The  Cleveland  and  Pittsburg  Railroad  Com- 
pany: Now,  upon  due  consideration  of  the  petition  herein,  accompany- 
ing exhibits  and  the  evidence,  it  is, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Cleveland  and  Pittsburg  Railroad  Com- 
pany be,  and  it  is,  hereby,  authorized  to  issue  its  capital  stock  of  the 
par  value  of  $1,073,950.00;  said  stock  to  be  disposed  of  at  not  less  than 
the  par  value  thereof,  it  being  the  opinion  and  finding  of  the  Commis- 
sion that  the  issue  of  said  stock  is  reasonably  required  for  the  lawful 
purposes  of  said  The  Cleveland  and  Pittsburg  Railroad  Company.  It 
is  further, 

Ordered,  That  said  stock  be  transferred  to  the  Pennsylvania  Rail- 
road Company,  at  the  par  value  thereof,  to  reimburse  said  Pennsylvania 
Railroad  Company  for  moneys  expended  in  the  improvement  of  the 
facilities  and  maintenance  of  the  service  of  said  The  Cleveland  and 
Pittsburg  Railroad  Company,  as  follows,  to-wit : 

Station  grounds,  stations  and  terminals,  second  and 

other  additional  tracks 

Second,  third  and  fourth  tracks,  storage  yards  and  track 

elevation  

Bridges  and  culverts 

Station  buildings  and  fixtures 

Shops,  engine  houses  and  turntables 

Miscellaneous  structures  

Dock  and  wharf  property 

Equipment — freight:  Payment  on  car  trust  account: 

525  steel  gondola  cars,  final $56,883  50 

18  cabin  cars 13,184  28 

11  locomotives  180,114  48 


Equipment  — Passenger : 

2 coaches,  part  cost,  final $14,017  34 

2 locomotives,  part  cost,  final 62  84 


$46,855  16 

541,325  45 
243  80 
9,011  62 
2,368  68 
5,375  93 
204,531  35 


$250,182  26 


$14,080  18 


$1,073,974  43 


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It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  The  Cleveland  and  Pittsburg  Railroad  Company 
make  verified  report  to  the  Commission  as  follows : Upon  the  transfer 
of  said  stock,  or  any  part  thereof,  the  fact  of  such  transfer;  the  forms 
and  conditions  of  the  transfer,  and  the  amounts  realized  therefrom, 
which  shall  not  be  less  than  the  p&r  value  of  said  stock. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  23rd  day  of  November,  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The 
Ohio  Valley  Gas  Company  for  Approval 
by  the  Commission  of  a Minimum 
Charge  and  Sliding  Scale  of  Rates  to 
be  Charged  for  Gas  in  East  Liverpool 

AND  WELLSVILLE,  OHIO. 


^Formal  No.  60. 


The  minimum  charge  and  sliding  scale  of  rates  and  classification 
of  service  for  natural  gas  in  the  cities  of  East  Liverpool  and  Wellsville, 
Ohio,  and  embodying  a classification  of  service,  filed  January  22nd,  1912, 
for  approval  by  The  Ohio  Valley  Gas  Company  are  hereby  approved 
to  become  effective  February  1st,  1912. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twenty-second  day  of  January,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The  " 
Wheeling  Natural  Gas  Company  for 
Approval  by  the  Commission  of  a Mini- 
mum Charge  and  Sliding  Scale  of  Rates  . 
to  be  Charged  for  Gas  in  Bellaire,  | 
Bridgeport,  Martin's  Ferry  and  Shady  | 
Side,  Ohio. 


Formal  No.  61. 


The  minimum  charge,  sliding  scale  and  classification  of  service  for 
natural  gas  in  the  municipalities  of  Bellaire,  Bridgeport,  Martins  Ferry, 
and  Shady  Side,  Ohio,  filed  January  22nd,  1912,  for  approval,  by  The 


47 


Wheeling  Natural  Gas  Company  are  hereby  approved  to  become  effec- 
tive February  1st,  1912. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twenty-second  day  of  January,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The 
Tri-State  Gas  Company  for  Approval  by 
the  Commission  of  a Minimum  Charge 
and  Sliding  Scale  of  Rates  to  be 
Charged  for  Gas  in  Brilliant,  Costonia, 
East  Liverpool,  Ekeyville,  Empire, 
Knoxville,  Mingo  Junction,  New  Alex- 
andria, Richmond,  Steubenville,  To- 
ronto, Wellsville  and  Wintersville, 
Ohio. 


^Formal  No.  62. 


The  minimum  charge,  sliding  scale  of  rates  and  classification  of 
service  for  natural  gas  in  the  municipalities  of  Brilliant,  Costonia,  East 
Liverpool,  Ekeyville,  Empire,  Knoxville,  Mingo  Junction,  New  Alex- 
andria, Richmond,  Steubenville,  Toronto,  Wellsville,  and  Wintersville, 
Ohio,  filed  January  22nd,  1912,  for  approval,  by  The  Tri-State  Gas  Com- 
pany are  hereby  approved  to  become  effective  February  1st,  1912 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twenty-second  day  of  January,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The" 
Wetzel  Gas  Company  for  Approval  by 
the  Commission  of  a Minimum  Charge 
and  Sliding  Scale  of  Rates  to  be  „ 
Charged  for  Gas  in  Clarington,  Duffy  | 
(Texas),  Hannibal  (Baresville)  and  | 
Sardis,  Ohio. 


Formal  No. 


63- 


The  minimum  charge,  sliding  scale  of  rates  and  classification  of 
service  for  natural  gas  in  the  communities  of  Clarington,  Duffy  (Texas), 
Hannibal  (Baresville)  and  Sardis,  Ohio,  filed  January  22nd,  1912,  for 


48 


approval,  by  The  Wetzel  Gas  Company  are  hereby  approved  to  become 
effective  February  ist,  1912. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twenty-second  day  of  January,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The 
West  Unity  Power  and  Light  Company 
for  Approval  of  Minimum  Charge  and 
Sliding  Scale  of  Rates  to  be  Charged 
for  Electric  Current  in  the  Village  of 
West  Unity. 


Formal  No. 

r 


65- 


The  minimum  charge  and  sliding  scale  of  rates  to  be  charged  for 
electric  current  in  the  village  of  West  Unity,  Ohio,  submitted  November 
25th,  1911,  for  approval  by  the  West  Unity  Power  and  Light  Company 
is  hereby  approved  to  become  effective  January  ist,  1911. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  December  23rd,  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The^ 

Delphos  Home  Telephone  Company  for 

Authority  to  Issue  $20,000.00  of  Com-  r Formal  No.  67. 

mon  Stock. 

The  Delphos  Home  Telephone  Company,  a corporation  duly  or- 
ganized under  the  laws  of  Ohio,  with  its  principal  place  of  business  in 
the  City  of  Delphos,  Ohio,  having  on  the  2nd  day  of  December,  1911, 
filed  its  petition  for  authority  to  issue  $20,000.00  of  its  common  stock,  for 
the  purpose  of  reimbursing  its  income  account,  for  funds  expended  there- 
from, and  for  liquidating  outstanding  obligations  incurred,  in  the  en- 
largement and  extension  of  its  facilities  and  the  improvement  of  its 
service,  and  the  time  of  hearing  said  matter  having  been  fixed  for  Thurs- 
day, December  7th  at  10  o’clock  A.  M.,  and  due  notice  of  the  time  and 
place  of  the  said  hearing  having  been  given,  this  day  the  same  came  on 
to  be  heard. 


49 


After  due  consideration  of  the  petition,  .hearing  the  evidence,  ex- 
amining the  exhibits  and  making  such  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the 
Commission  deemed  proper,  and  it  appearing  that  the  proceeds  of  the  sale 
of  said  stock  are  to  be  used  for  the  discharge  of  the  lawful  obligations 
of  said,  the  Delphos  Home  Telephone  Company,  the  Commission  is  sat- 
isfied that  the  prayer  of  said  petition  should  be  granted.  Therefore,  up- 
on due  consideration  of  the  petition  accompanying  exhibits  and  the 
evidence,  it  is 

Ordered,  That  the  said,  The  Delphos  Home  Telephone  Company, 
be,  and  it  is  hereby  authorized  to  issue  $20,000.00  par  value  of  its  common 
stock  and  that  said  stock  be  sold  at  not  less  than  the  par  value  thereof,  it 
being  the  opinion  and  finding  of  the  Commission  that  the  capital  to  be  se- 
cured by  the  issue  of  said  stock  is  reasonably  required  for  said  purposes 
of  the  corporation.  It  is  further 

Ordered,  That  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  stock  be 
devoted  by  said,  The  Delphos  Home  Telephone  Company  to,  and  used 
for  the  following  purposes,  and  no  other,  to-wit : The  reimbursement 
of  its  income  account  for  funds  expended  therefrom,  and  for  liquidating 
outstanding  obligations,  incurred  in  the  enlargement  and  extension  of 
its  facilities  and  the  improvement  of  its  service,  as  follows;  .•  ■£' 


Material  purchased  * $12,580  60 

Miscellaneous  expenses  ' ' 454  60 

Expenses  for  managing  Central  office j 356  04 

Labor  payrolls  (1911) 7,73130 

Engineers’  charges  ‘ 1,350  00 


It  is,  further 

Ordered,  That  said,  The  Delphos  Home  Telephone  Company  make 
verified  report  to  the  Commission  as  follows:  Upon  the  sale  of  said 
stock,  or  any  part  thereof,  the  fact  of  such  sale;  the  terms  and  con- 
ditions of  sale;  the  amounts  realized  therefrom,  which  shall  not  be 
less  than  the  par  value  of  said  stock.  At  the  termination  of  each  and 
every  period  of  six  (6)  months  from  the  date  of  this  order,  the  disposi- 
tion and  use  made  of  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  stock, 
setting  forth  in  reasonable  detail,  the  purposes  to  which  the  proceeds 
have  been  devoted,  and  that  such  report  be  made  until  all  the  proceeds 
of  said  stock  have  been  expended  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of 
this  order. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  7th  day  of  December,  1911. 


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Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The^ 

Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Dayton  | 

Railway  Company  for  Authority  to  j 

Waive  the  Collection  of  Car  Service  I - ) 

Charges  and  Suspend  Car  Service  Rules  | Formal  No.  68.  ** 

on  Cars  Loaded  With  Fine  Coal  and  j 

Held  at  Mines  Awaiting  Billing  In-  I 

structions.  J 

This  matter  came  on  this  day  to  be  heard  upo/i  the  application  of 
The  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Dayton  Railway  Company  for  authority 
to  waive  the  collection  of  car  service  charges  and  suspend  car  service 
rules  on  cars  loaded  with  fine  coal  and  held  at  mines  on  the  line  of  said 
The  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Dayton  Railway  Company  awaiting  bill- 
ing instructions,  and  the  testimony ; and  it  appearing  to  the  Commission 
that  there  is  now  a great  demand  for  lump  coal  in  the  domestic  markets, 
and  that  the  market  for  fine  coal  is  very  limited ; and  it  appearing  further, 
that  both  the  applicant,  The  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Dayton  Railway 
Company,  and  the  general  public  will  be  benefitted  thereby,  it  is,  there- 
fore 

Ordered,  That  the  said  The  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Dayton  Rail- 
way Company,  if  it  so  elect,  may  waive  the  collection  of  car  service 
charges  and  suspend  car  service  rules  on  cars  loaded  with  fine  coal  and 
held  at  the  mines  on  its  line  awaiting  billing  instructions; 

Provided,  That  cars  shall  not  be  held  under  load  by  an  operator 
or  operating  Company,  free  from  car  service  charges  under  this  order 
or  in  excess  of  two  hundred  (200)  per  cent,  of  the  aggregate  daily  rat- 
ing of  the  mines  operated  by  such  operator,  company  or  companies ; and 
it  is  further 

Provided,  That  if  the  said  The  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Dayton 
Railway  Company  elect  to  and  does  waive  the  collection  of  car  service 
charges  and  suspends  car  service  rules,  as  provided  in  this  order,  it  may 
reinstate  the  same  at  any  time  after  such  suspension,  upon  giving  twenty 
(20)  days’  notice  thereof  to  the  public,  and  the  filing  of  proper  tariffs 
with  the  Commission  ; and  it  is  further 

Provided,  That  if,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Commission*  public  con- 
venience or  necessity  should  require  the  same,  the  Commission  may,  upon 
twenty  (20)  days’  notice  to  the  said  The  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Day- 
ton  Railway  Company,  annul  the  provisions  of  this  order. 

Permission  is  hereby  given  to  the  said  The  Cincinnati.  Hamilton 
and  Dayton  Railway  Company,  to  file  tariff  with  the  Commission  provid- 
ing for  the  suspension  of  car  service  rules  and  the  charges  thereunder. 


5i 


effective  on  one  day’s  notice;  authority  for  such  publication  • to  appear 
thereon,  as  Special  Permission  Number  Three  Hundred  and  Seven  (307) 
of  December  8,  1911. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  eighth  day  of  December,  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The 
Ironton  Electric  Company  for  Ap- 
proval of  Minimum  Charge  and  Sliding 
Scale  of  Rates  to  be  Charged  for  Elec- 
tric Current  in  the  City  of  Ironton. 


r Formal  No.  69. 


The  minimum  charge  and  sliding  scale  of  rate  to  be  charged  for 
electric  current  at  Ironton,  Ohio,  submitted  December  4th,  1911,  for  ap- 
proval by  The  Ironton  Electric  Company,  is  hereby  approved  to  become 
effective  January  1st,  1912. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  fifth  day  of  December,  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The^| 

Columbus,  Urban  a and  Western  Elec-  j 
tric  Railway  Company  for  Authority  ^Formal  No.  70. 
to  Issue  $5o,ooo’.oo  Stock  and  $5,500,- 
000.00  Bonds. 

The  Columbus,  Urbana  and  Western  Electric  Railway  Company, 
having,  on  the  seventh  day  of  December,  1911,  filed  its  petition  for  au- 
thority to  issue  its  bonds  of  the  par  value  of  $5,500,000.00  and  its  capital 
'stock  of  the  par  value  of  $50,000.00,  to  be  used  in  the  construction  of 
its  railway  from  the  present  terminus  north  of  the  city  of  Columbus 
to  the  city  of  Findlay,  and  to  build  an  extension  from  the  city  of  Kenton 
to  the  city  of  Wapakoneta,  and  the  time  of  hearing  said  matter  having 
been  fixed  for  December  fourteenth,  1911,  and  due  notice  of  the  time 
and  place  of  said  hearing  having  been  given,  and  having  on  said  day  been 
heard  in  part,  and  the  further  hearing  thereof  having  been  continued 
from  day  to  day,  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing. 


52 


After  due  consideration  of  the  pleadings,  hearing  the  evidence,  ex- 
amining the  exhibits,  and  making  such  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the 
Commission  deemed  proper,  the  Commission  is  of  the  opinion  that  au- 
thority for  such  issue  should  not  be  granted  and  said  application  is,, 
therefore,  dismissed. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  fourth  day  of  January,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The 
Lake  Shore  and  Michigan  Southern 
Railway  Company  and  The  Ceveland, 
Cincinnati,  Chicago  and  St.  Louis  Rail- 
way Company  in  Regard  to  “New  York 
Central  Lines  Equipment  Trust  of 
1912.” 


^Formal  No. 


7i- 


The  Lake  Shore  and  Michigan  Southern  Railway  Company  and  The 
Cleveland,  Cincinnati,  Chicago  and  St.  Louis  Railway  Company  having, 
on  the  seventh  day  of  December,  1911,  filed  their  joint  petition  for  au- 
thority to  issue  Trustees’  Certificates  of  what  is  designated  as  the  “New 
York  Central  Lines  Equipment  Trust  of  1912”  of  the  par  value  of 
$15,000,000.00,  for  the  purpose  of  securing  equipment,  and  the  time  of 
hearing  said  matter  having  been  fixed  for  Friday,  December  fifteenth, 
1911,  at  nine  o’clock  a.  m.,  and  due  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of  said 
hearing  having  been  given,  and  the  same  having  been  heard  in  part  on 
said  day  and  the  further  hearing  thereof  having  been  continued  from 
day  to  day,  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing.  After  hearing  the  evi- 
dence, examining  the  exhibits  and  making  such  inquiry  and  investigation 
as  the  Commission  deemed  proper,  and  it  appearing  that  the  proceeds  of 
the  sale  of  said  certificates  are  to  be  used  for  the  discharge  of  the  lawful 
obligations  of  the  petitioners  herein,  to-wit : The  expense  incurred  in 
securing  necessary  equipment  for  the  use  of  said  companies,  now,  upon 
due  consideration  of  said  petition,  accompanying  exhibits  and  the  evi- 
dence, it  is; 

Ordered,  That  The  Lake  Shore  and  Michigan  Southern  Railway 
Company  and  The  Cleveland,  Cincinnati,  Chicago  and  St.  Louis  Rail- 
way Company  be  and,  hereby,  are  authorized  to  enter  into  and  execute 
an  agreement  dated  December  1,  1911,  with  John  Carstensen,  Alfred 
H.  Smith  and  Edward  L.  Rossiter,  parties  of  the  first  part,  and  Guar- 
anty Trust  Company  of  New  York,  of  the  second  part,  and  known  as 
New  York  Central  Lines  Equipment  Trust  of  1912,  substantially  in  the 


53 


form  of  the  agreement  which  is  annexed  to  the  petition  of  said  cor- 
porations for  this  authorization  and  marked  Exhibit  A;  also  to  enter 
into  and  execute  a lease  of  agreement  dated  January  i,  1912,  with  the 
Guaranty  Trust  Company  o.f  New  York,  substantially  in  the  form  of  the 
lease  and  agreement  which  is  annexed  to  said  petition  and  marked  Ex- 
hibit B,  and  to  enter  into  such  leases  and  agreements  as  may  be  nec- 
essary in  order  to  obtain  all  of  the  equipment  authorized  under  said 
agreement  of  December  1,  1911 ; and  also,  to  issue  all  of  the  evidences  of 
indebtedness  required  by  the  terms  of  said  agreements  to  be  executed 
by  said  corporations  or  either  of  them. 

That  the  certificates  mentioned  in  said  agreement,  Exhibit  A,  to  the 
maximum  amount  of  $15,000,000.00  as  therein  specified,  shall  not  be 
sold  for  less  than  ninety-seven  per  cent,  of  their  par  value,  and  that  the 
proceeds  of  such  sale  or  sales  be  used  only  for  the  purposes  specified 
in  said  agreement,  it  being  the  opinion  and  finding  of  the  Commission 
that  the  capital  to  be  secured  by  the  issue  and  sale  of  said  certificates  is 
reasonably  required  for  the  said  purposes  of  said  railway  companies.  It 
is  further, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Lake  Shore  and  Michigan  Southern  Rail- 
way Company  and  said  The  Cleveland,  Cincinnati,  Chicago  and  St. 
Louis  Railway  Company  shall  make  verified  reports  to  the  Commission 
as  follows : 

(a)  Upon  the  sale  of  said  certificates,  or  any  part  thereof,  the 
fact  of  such  sales ; the  terms  and  conditions  of  sale  and  the  amount  re- 
alized therefrom,  which  shall  not  be  less  than  ninety-seven  per  cent, 
of  their  par  value : 

(b)  At  the  termination  of  each  and  every  period  of  six  months 
from  the  date  of  this  order,  the  disposition  and  use  made  of  the  proceeds 
of  said  certificates,  setting  forth  in  reasonable  detail  the  purposes  to  which 
the  proceeds  have  been  devoted  in  accordance  with  the  terms  o.f  this 
order  and  that  such  reports  shall  be  made  until  all  the  proceeds  of  said 
certificates  have  been  expended  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  this 
order. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  nineteenth  day  of  December*  1911. 


4 


54 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


Village  of  Oak  wood. 

Complainant. 


vs. 


^Formal  No.  72. 

The  New  York,  Chicago  and  St.  Louis  Rail- 
road Company, 


Defendant. 


It  appearing  that  full  satisfaction  of  this  complaint  has  been  ac- 
corded by  defendant,  this  case  is,  therefore,  at  the  request  of  the  com- 
plainant, dismissed. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twentieth  day  of  December,  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  by  The 
Cleveland,  Painesville  and  Eastern 
Railroad  Company  for  the  Issuance  and 
Disposition  of  its  Mortgage  Bonds. 

The  Cleveland,  Painesville  and  Eastern  Railroad  Company,  a cor- 
poration organized  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Ohio,  having,  on  the 
twelfth  day  of  December,  1911,  filed  its  petition  for  authority  to  issue 
its  Forty  Year,  Five  Per  Cent.  Refunding  and  Extension  Mortgage  Gold 
Bonds,  being  part  of  the  reserve  bonds  authorized  to  be  issued  under 
its  mortgage,  or  deed  of  trust  to  The  Cleveland  Trust  Company,  Trustee, 
dated  June  1st,  1908,  the  proceeds  to  be  used  to  reimburse  the  company 
for  moneys  and  funds  expended  for  betterments,  improvements  and  ad- 
ditions made  to  its  line  of  railroad  between  August  2nd,  1911,  and  Octo- 
ber 31st,  1911,  a statement  in  detail  of  such  expenditures  being  set  out 
fully  in  said  petition,  and  to  secure  funds  for  further  betterments,  im- 
provements and  additions,  a statement  in  detail  of  such  further  better- 
ments, improvements  and  additions  being  set  out  fully  in  said  petition, 
and  the  time  of  hearing  said  matter  having  been  fixed  for  December 
twenty-first,  1911.  at  eleven  o’clock  a.  m.,  and  due  notice  of  the  time 
and  place  of  said  hearing  having  been  given,  and  having  on  said  day 
been  heard  in  part,  and  further  hearing  thereof  having  been  continued 
from  day  to  day,  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing. 


Formal  No.  73. 


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After  hearing  all  the  evidence,  examining  the  exhibits  and  making 
such  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the  Commission  deemed  proper,  and  it 
appearing  that  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said  bonds  are  to  be  used 
for  the  discharge  of  the  lawful  obligations  of  said,  The  Cleveland,  Paines- 
ville  and  Eastern  Railroad  Company,  to-wit : For  reimbursement  of 
funds  expended  and  to  be  expended,  for  betterments,  improvements 
and  additions  to  the  property  of  said  company,  in  the  manner  fully  set 
out  in  said  petition.  Now,  upon  due  consideration  of  the  petition  herein, 
accompanying  exhibits  and  the  evidence,  it  is 

Ordered,  That  said,  The  Cleveland,  Painesville  and  Eastern  Rail- 
road Company,  b£  and  it  is,  hereby,  authorized  to  issue  its  Forty  Year, 
Five  Per  Cent.  Refunding  and  Extension  Mortgage,  Gold  Bonds,  the 
same  being  part  of  the  reserve  bonds  authorized  to  be  issued  under  said 
company’s  mortgage,  or  deed  of  trust,  to  The  Cleveland  Trust  Company," 
Trustee,  dated  June  ist,  1908,  of  the  par  value  of  Two  Hundred  and 
Eleven  Thousand  Dollars  ($211,000.00)  and  that  said  bonds  be  sold  at 
not  less  than  Eighty  (80)  Per  Cent,  of  the  par  value  thereof,  and  the 
remaining  twenty  percentum  of  the  amount  of  said  expenditures  to  be 
made  up  from  earnings  of  said  company  or  assessment  on  the  stock- 
holders, so  that  a total  of  $211,000.00  shall  be  spent  on  said  betterments, 
improvements  and  additions,  as  hereinafter  set  out ; it  being  the  opinion 
and  finding  of  the  Commission  that  the  money  to  be  secured  by  the  issue 
of  said  bonds  is  reasonably  required  for  the  said  purposes  of  the  said, 
The  Cleveland,  Painesville  and  Eastern  Railroad  Company.  It  is  fur- 
ther, , 

Ordered,  That  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  bonds  be 
devoted  by  said,  The  Cleveland,  Painesville  and  Eastern  Railroad  Com- 
pany to,  and  used  for,  the  following  purposes,  and  no  other,  to-wit : 
The  discharge  of  the  lawful  obligations  of  said  company  in  the  reimburse- 
ment of  funds  expended  for  betterments,  improvements  and  additions 
between  the  dates  August  2nd,  1911,  and  October  31st,  19 1 1 , as  follows: 


PAINESVILLE  POWER  HOUSE  — 

Turbines,  switchboard,  boilers,  crane,  piping,  chimney,  etc $28,772  50 

HIGH  TENSION  LINE  — 

High  tension  line  between  Willoughby  substation  and  Paines- 
ville power  house  003  27 

RIGHT  OF  WAY  — 

Right  of  way  for  high  tension  line,  Willoughby  to  Painesvjlle. . 795  00 

TRACK  WORK  — 

Culvert  at  Willoughby  and  double  track  at  Stop  141,  Shore  Line.  2,157  20 

LIGHT  LINES  — 

Lighting  lines  for  Mentor  and  Lake  Road 25  63 

BUILDINGS  — 

Additions  to  Willoughby  shop,  steam  heating  system  and  house 

in  Nottingham  522  86 


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SHOP  EQUIPMENT  — 

Power  hack  saw  and  air  pump,  motor,  etc.,  for  cleaning  equip- 


ment   35  00 

CARS  — 

Work  car  built  in  shop 740  93 


Total  $33,952  48 


And,  the  discharge  of  the  lawful  obligations  of  said  company  in  the  reim- 
bursement of  funds  to  be  expended  in  the  prosecution  of  further  better- 
ments, improvements  and  additions,  as  follows : 

PAINESVILLE  POWER  HOUSE  — 

Land  and  buildings  purchased  from  the  Cleveland,  Painesville 

and  Ashtabula  Railroad  Company 

Turbines,  switchboard,  boilers,  crane,  piping,  chimney,  etc... 
WILLOUGHBY  SUB-STATION  — 

Equipment  made  necessary  on  account  of  additional  power  in- 
stallation   •. ..v 

HIGH  TENSION  LINE  — 

High  tension  line  between  Willoughby  Sub-station  and  Paines- 
ville Power  House 

WILLOUGHBY  TRACK  — 

Paving  of  tracks  in  Willoughby  village 

WICKL1FFE  TRACK  — 

Paving  of  tracks  in  Wickliffe  village 

BUILDINGS  — 

Addition  to  Willoughby  shop,  steam  heating  system  and  house 
in  Nottingham  


Total  $177,507  66 

It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  said,  The  Cleveland,  Painesville  and  Eastern  Rail- 
road Company  make  verified  report  to  the  Commission,  as  follows : 
Upon  the  sale  of  said  bonds,  or  any  part  thereof,  the  fact  of  such  sale; 
the  terms  and  conditions  of  sale;  the  amounts  realized  therefrom,  which 
shall  not  be  less  than  Eighty  Per  Cent,  of  the  par  value  of  said  bonds ; 
at  the  termination  of  each  and  every  period  of  three  months  from  the 
date  of  this  order,  the  disposition  and  use  made  of  the  proceeds  of  the 
sale  of  said  bonds,  setting  forth  in  reasonable  detail,  the  purposes  to 
which  the  proceeds  have  been  devoted  in  accordance  with  the  provisions 
of  this  order,  ^nd  that  such  report  be  made  until  the  proceeds  of  said 
bonds  have  been  expended  pursuant  to  this  order. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  27th  day  of  December,  1911. 


$7,895  00 
116,580  07 

18,129  50 

14,663  89 
8,564  10 
9,982  10 

1,693  00 


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Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The 
•Cleveland  Electric  Illuminating  Com- 
pany for  Authority  to  Issue  Common 
Stock  of  the  Par  Value  of  $1,500,000.00 
and  First  Mortgage  Bonds  of  the  Par 
Value  of  $1,500,000.00. 


^Formal  No. 


74- 


The  Cleveland  Electric  Illuminating  Company  having,  on  the  twelfth 
day  of  December,  1911,  filed  its  petition  for  authority  to  issue  its  com- 
mon stock  of  the  par  value  of  $1,500,000.00  and  its  first  mortgage  bonds 
of  the  par  value  of  $1,500,000.00  to  provide  funds  to  meet  its  lawful 
obligations  incurred,  and  to  be  incurred  in  making  necessary  improve- 
ments, extensions  and  betterments  to  its  property,  as  fully  set  out 
in  exhibits  ‘A”,  “B”  and  ‘Amended  Exhibit  B”,  attached  to  and  made 
a part  of  the  petition  herein,  and  the  time  of  hearing  said  matter  having 
been  fixed  for  Tuesday,  December  nineteenth,  1911,  at  eleven  o’clock  a. 
m.,  and  due  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of  said  hearing  having  been 
given,  and  having  been  heard  in  part  011  said  day,  and  the  further  hear- 
ing thereof  having  been  continued  from  day  to.  day,  the  same  came  on 
this  day  for  final  hearing. 

After  considering  the  pleadings,  hearing  the  evidence,  examining  the 
■exhibits,  and  making  such  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the  Commission 
deemed  proper,  and  it  appearing  that  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said 
stock  and  bonds  are  to  be  used  for  the  discharge  of  the  lawful  obliga- 
tions of  said  company,  now,  upon  due  consideration  of  the  pleadings, 
•accompany  exhibits  and  the  evidence,  it  is, 

Ordered,  That  the  said  The  Cleveland  Electric  Illuminating  Com- 
pany be,  and  it  is,  hereby,  authorized  to  issue  its  common  stock  of  the 
par  value  of  One  Million,  Five  Hundred  Thousand  Dollars  ($1,500,00.- 
00),  and  that  said  stock  be  sold  at  not  less  than  the  par  value  thereof, 
it  being  the  opinion  and  finding  of  the  Commission  that  the  money  to 
be  secured  from  the  sale  of  said  stock  is  reasonably  required  for  the 
purpose  of  said  corporation.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Cleveland  Electric  Illuminating  Company 
be,  and  it  is,  hereby,  authorized  to  issue  its  First  Mortgage  five  per  cent. 
(5%)  Bonds  of  the  par  value  of  One  Million,  Five  Hundred  Thousand 
Dollars  ($1,500,000.00),  and  that  said  bonds  be  sold  at  not  less  than 
ninety-seven  and  one-half  per  cent.  (9 7i%)  of  the  par  value  thereof, 
it  being  the  opinion  and  finding  of  the  Commission  that  the  money  to  be 
secured  from  the  sale  of  said  bonds  is  reasonably  required  for  the  pur- 
poses of  said  corporation.  It  is  further, 


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Ordered,  That  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  stocks 
and  bonds  be  devoted  by  said  The  Cleveland  Electric  Illuminating  Com- 
pany, to,  and  used  for  the  following  purposes,  and  no  other,  to-wit : 

1.  To  pay  existing  indebtedness  and  obligations  incurred  for  the 
necessary  improvements,  extensions  and  betterments  constructed  or.  in 
process  of  construction  from  June  30th,  1911,  to  October  31st,  1911, 
inclusive^  and  to  be  constructed  under  uncompleted  contracts  executed 
prior  to  October  31st,  1911,  amounting  to  $663,012.85,'  as  fully  set  out 
in  Exhibit  “A”  attached  to  the  petition  and  made ' a part  hereof  by 
reference. 

2.  For  the  construction  and  completion  of  the  necessary  improve- 
ments, extensions  and  betterments  for  the  twelve  month  period  beginning 
October  31st,  1911,  amounting  to  $2,735,000.00,  as  fully  set  out  in  exhibit 
“B”  and  “Amended  Exhibit  B”  attached  to  the  petition  and  made  a 
part  hereof  by  reference.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Cleveland  Electric  Illuminating  Company 
make  verified  report  to  the  Commission  as  follows : 

Upon  the  sale  of  said  stocks  and  bonds,  or  any  part  of  either,  the 
fact  of  such  sale ; the  terms  and  conditions  of  sale ; the  amounts  realized 
therefrom,  which  shall  not  be  less  than  the  par  value  of  said  stock  and 
not  less  than  ninety-seven  and  one-half  per  cent,  of  the  par  value  of 
said  bonds. 

At  the  termination  of  each  and  evey  period  of  six  (6)  months  from 
the  date  of  this  order,  the  disposition  and  use  made  of  the  proceeds  of  the 
sale  of  said  stocks  and  bonds,  or  of  either,  setting  forth  in  reasonable 
detail  the  purposes  to  which  the  proceeds  have  been  devoted,  and  that 
such  report  be  made  until  all  the  proceeds  of  said  stocks  and  bonds  have 
been  expended  pursuant  to  this  order. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twentieth  day  of  January,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The  ] 

New  Lisbon  Gas  Company  for  Au-  V Formal  No.  75. 
THORITY  TO  ISSUE  $6,000.00  BONDS.  J 

The  New  Lisbon  Gas  Company  having,  on  the  thirteenth  day  of 
December,  1911,  filed  its  petition  for  authority  to  issue  its  bonds  of  the 
par  value  of  $6,000.00  for  the  purpose  of  acquiring  additional  property, 
constructing  extensions,  and  improving  its  facilities  in  order  to  comply 
with  its  contracts  with  the  village  of  Lisbon,  and  to  pay  off  an  indebt- 
edness of  $2,500.00  already  incurred  for  the  purposes  aforesaid,  and  the 


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time  of  hearing  said  matter  having  been  fixed  for  Tuesday,  December 
nineteenth,  1911,  at  1:30  o'clock  p.  m.,  and  due  notice  o.f  the  time  and 
place  of  said  hearing  having  been  given,  and  having  been  heard  in  part 
on  said  day,  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing.  After  hearing  the  evi- 
dence, examining  the  exhibits  and  making  such  inquiry  and  investigation 
as  the  Commission  deemed  proper,  and  it  appearing  that  the  proceeds  of 
the  §ale  of  said  bonds  are  to  be  used  for  the  discharge  o.f  the  lawful 
obligations  of  said,  The  New  Lisbon  Gas  Company,  to-wit;  Necessary 
expenses  incurred  in  acquiring  property,  constructing  extensions  and  the 
improvement  of  its  facilities  and  the  paying  off  of  its  obligations  in  the 
amount  of  $2,500.00  already  incurred  for  the  purposes  aforesaid,  now, 
upon  due  consideration  of  the  petition  herein,  accompanying  exhibits 
and  the  evidence,  it  is, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  New  Lisbon  Gas  Company  be  and  it  is, 
hereby,  authorized  to  issue  its  bonds  of  the  par  value  of  $6,000.00  and 
that  said  bonds  be  sold  at  not  less  than  the  par  value  thereof,  it  being 
the  opinion  and  finding  of  the  Commission  that  the  capital  to  be  se- 
cured by  the  issue  of  said  bonds  is  reasonably  required  for  the  said  pur- 
poses of  said  The  New  Lisbon  Gas  Company.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  bonds 
be  devoted  by  said  The  New  Lisbon  Gas  Company  to,  and  used  for,  the 
following  purposes,  and  no  other,  to-wit:  The  acquiring  of  additional 
property,  constructing  extensions,  improving  its  facilities  and  paying 
off  its  indebtedness  already  incurred  for  the  purposes  aforesaid,  as 
herein  set  out.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  New  Lisbon  Gas  Company  make  verified 
report  to  the  Commission  as  follows : Upon  the  sale  of  said  bonds,  or 
any  part  thereof,  the7fact  of  such  sale,  the  amounts  realized  therefrom, 
which  shall  not  be  less  than  the  par  value  of  said  bonds ; at  the  termina- 
tion of  each  and  every  period  of  three  (3)  months  from  the  date  of  this 
order  the  disposition  and  use  made  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said 
bonds,  setting  forth  in  reasonable  detail,  the  purposes  to  which  the  pro- 
ceeds have  been  devoted,  and  that  such  report  be  made  until  all  the  pro- 
ceeds of  the  sale  of  said  bonds  have  been  expended  pursuant  to  this 
order. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twentieth  day  of  December,  1911. 


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Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The 
Detroit,  Toledo  and  Ironton  Railway 
Company,  George  K.  Lowell,  Benjamin 
S.  Warren  and  Thomas  D.  Rhodes,  Re- 
ceivers, for  Authority  to  Suspend  Car 
Service  Rules  and  Waive  Assessment  of 
Car  Service  Charges  on  Cars  Loaded 
With  Fine  Coal  and  Held  at  the  Mines 
Awaiting  Billing  Instructions. 


^Formal  No. 


76. 


This  matter  came  on  this  day  to  be  heard  upon  the  application  of 
The  Detroit,  Toledo  and  Ironton  Railway  Company,  George  K.  Lowell, 
Benjamin  S.  Warren  and  Thomas  D.  Rhodes,  Receivers,  for  authority 
to  waive  the  collection  of  car  service  charges  and  suspend  car  service 
rules  on  cars  loaded  with  fine  coal  and  held  at  mines  on  the  line  of 
said  The  Detroit,  Toledo  and  Ironton  Railway  Company  awaiting  billing 
instructions,  and  the  testimony;  and  it  appearing  to  the  Commission  that 
there  is  now  a great  demand  for  lump  coal  in  the  domestic  markets,  and 
that  the  market  for  fine  coal  is  very  limited : and  it  appearing  further, 
that  both  the  applicant,  The  Detroit,  Toledo  and  Ironton  Railway  Com- 
pany, George  K.  Lowell,  Benjamin  S.  Warren  and  Thomas  D.  Rhodes, 
Receivers,  and  the  general  public  will  be  benefited  thereby,  it  is,  there- 
fore, 

Ordered,  That  the  said  The  Detroit,  Toledo  and  Ironton  Railway 
Company,  George  K.  Lowell,  Benjamin  S.  Warren  and  Thomas  D. 
Rhodes,  Receivers,  if  it  so  elect,  may  waive  the  collection  of  car  ser- 
vice charges  and  suspend  car  service  rules  on  cars  loaded  with  fine  coal 
and  held  at  mines  on  its  line  awaiting  billing  instructions : 

Provided,  That  cars  shall  not  be  held  under  load  by  any  operator  or 
operating  company,  free  from  car  service  charges  under  this  order  in 
excess  of  two  hundred  (200)  per  cent,  of  the  aggregate  daily  rating  of 
the  mines  operated  by  such  operator,  company  or  companies;  and  it  is 
further, 

Provided,  That  if  the  said  The  Detroit,  Toledo  and  Ironton  Railway 
Company,  George  K.  Lowell,  Benjamin  S.  Warren,  and  Thomas  D. 
Rhodes,  Receivers,  elect  to  and  does  waive  the  collection  of  car  sendee 
charges  and  suspends  car  service  rules,  as  provided  in  this  order,  it  may 
reinstate  the  same  at  any  time  after  such  suspension,  upon  giving  twenty 
(20)  days’  notice  thereof  to  the  public,  and  the  filing  of  proper  tariffs 
with  the  Commission ; and  it  is  further. 

Provided,  That  if,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Commission,  public  conveni- 
ence or  necessity  should  require  the  same,  the  Commission  may,  upon 


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twenty  (20)  days’  notice  to  the  said  The  Detroit,  Toledo  and  Ironton 
Railway  Company,  George  K.  Lowell,  Benjamin  S.  Warren  and  Thomas 
D.  Rhodes,  Receivers,  annul  the  provisions  of  this  order. 

Permission  is  hereby  given  to  the  said  The  Detroit,  Toledo  and  Iron- 
ton  Railway  Company,  George  K.  Lowell,  Benjamin  S.  Warren,  and 
Thomas  D.  Rhodes,  Receivers,  to  file  tariff  with  the  Commission  provid- 
ing for  the  suspension  of  car  service  rules  and  the  charges  thereunder, 
effective  on  one  day’s  notice;  authority  for  such  publication  to  appear 
thereon,  as  Special  Permission  Number  Three  Hundred  and  Nine  (309) 
of  December  21,  1911. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twenty-first  day  of  December,  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Joint  Application  of 
The  Ohio  Valley  Electric  Railway 
Company  and  The  Ironton  Electric 
Company  for  the  Approval  of  the  Sale 
and  Transfer  of  Property  of  The  Ohio 
Valley  Electric  Railway  Company  to 
The  Ironton  Electric  Company. 


^Formal  No.  77. 


This  matter  came  on  to  be  heard  upon  the  joint  petition  of  The 
Ohio  Valley  Electric  Railway  Company,  a corporation  organized  under 
the  laws  of  the  State  of  West  Virginia,  and  The  Ironton  Electric  Com- 
pany, a corporation  organized  under  the  laws  of  Ohio,  the  evidence  and 
the  exhibits.  After  due  consideration  of  the  pleadings,  the  evidence  and 
the  exhibits,  and  after  making  such  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the 
Commission  deemed  proper,  and  it  appearing  that  the  public  will  be 
furnished  adequate  service  at  a reasonable  and  just  rate,  and  it  appear- 
ing further,  that  the  money  to  be  received  from  the  sale  of  said  prop- 
erty will  be  placed  to  the  credit  of  Capital  Account  by  the  said  The  Ohio 
Valley  Electric  Railway  Company,  the  Commission  is  satisfied  the  prayer 
of  the  petition  should  be  granted. 

It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  The  Ohio  Valley  Electric  Railway  Company  be,  and 
it  is,  hereby,  authorized  to  sell  and  convey  all  that  portion  of  its  property, 
fully  designated  and  described  in  the  petition  herein,  and  heretofore 
used  by  the  said  The  Ohio  Valley  Electric  Railway  Company  for  munici- 
pal, mercantile  and  commercial  electric  lighting  in  the  City  of  Ironton, 
Ohio:  And  said  The  Ironton  Electric  Company  is,  hereby,  authorized  to 


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purchase  said  property  and  to  pay  therefor  the  sum  of  Fourteen  Thous- 
and Dollars  ($14,000.00).  It  is,  further, 

Ordered,  That  this  order  shall  be  in  effect,  and  the  authority  therein 
granted  may  be  exercised  on  and  after  this  date. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twenty-seventh  day  of  January,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  TheJ 

Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Dayton  Rail-  I Formal  No.  78. 
way  Company  for  Authority  to  Issue  j 
$1,679,000.00  Bonds. 

The  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Dayton  Railway  Company,  a corpora- 
tion incorporated  and  organized  under  the  laws  of  Ohio,  having,  on  the 
eighteenth  day  of  December,  1911,  filed  its  petition  for  authority  to  de- 
posit and  pledge  with  The  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  Company  its 
bonds,  as  follows:  First,  $1,093,000.00  guaranteed  first  and  refunding 
mortgage  bonds;  second,  $157,000.00  of  its  guaranteed  first  and  refund- 
ing mortgage  bonds ; third,  $429,000.00  of  its  unguaranteed  first  and 
refunding  mortgage  bonds,  the  proceeds  to  be  used  in  purchasing  equip- 
ment and  making  improvements,  additions  and  betterments  to  the  rail- 
roads owned,  leased  or  controlled  and  operated  by  the  said  The  Cincin- 
nati, Hamilton  and  Dayton  Railway  Company  and  to  reimburse  income 
account  for  money  expended  therefrom  for  the  discharge  of  the  principal 
or  capital  obligations  of  said  company  and  to  pay  certain  interest  charges ; 
and  the  hearing  of  said  matter  having  been  fixed  for  Wednesday,  Decem- 
ber twenty-seventh,  1911,  at  three  o’clock  p.  m.,  and  due  notice  of  the 
time  and  place  of  said  hearing  having  been  given,  and  having  been  heard 
in  part  on  said  day  and  the  further  hearing  thereof  having  been  con- 
tinued from  day  to  day,  and  said  applicant  having,  on  the  sixteenth 
day  of  March,  1912,  filed  its  amendment  to  its  said  application,  by  sub- 
stituting said  amendment  for  the  third  section  of  the  original  applica- 
tion and  requesting  authority  to  deposit  and  pledge  $309,000.00  of  its 
unguaranteed  first  and  refunding  mortgage  fionds  in  lieu  of  $429,000.00 
of  said  bonds,  thereby  eliminating  from  the  third  section  of  said  petition 
the  request  for  authority  to  deposit  and  pledge  bonds  to  secure  funds 
to  pay  interest  charges,  said  matter  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing 
upon  the  petition,  the  amendment  thereto,  the  exhibits  and  the  evidence. 

After  considering  the  pleadings,  hearing  the  evidence,  examining  the 
exhibits  and  making  such  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the  Commission 
deemed  proper,  and  it  appearing  that  the  proceeds  to  be  secured  by  the 


pledge  and  deposit  of  said  bonds  are  to  be  used  for  the  discharge  of  the 
lawful  obligations  of  said  The  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Dayton  Rail- 
way Company,  the  Commission  is  satisfied  that  the  prayer  of  said  petition, 
as  amended,  should  be  granted.  It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  the  said  The  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Dayton  Rail- 
way Company  be,  and  it  hereby  is  authorized  to  deposit  and  pledge  with 
The  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  Company,  at  not  less  than  eighty  (80) 
per  centum  of  the  par  value  thereof,  first,  One  Million  and  Ninety-Three 
Thousand  Dollars  ($1,093,000.00)  of  its  guaranteed  first  and  refunding 
mortgage  bonds,  second,  One  Hundred  and  Fifty-Seven  Thousand  Dol- 
lars ($157,000.00)  of  its  guaranteed  first  and  refunding  mortgage  bonds, 
third,  Three  Hundred  and  Nine  Thousand  Dollars  ($309,000.00)  of  its 
unguaranteed  first  and  refunding  mortgage  bonds,  it  being  the  opinion  and 
finding  of  the  Commission  that  the  money  to  be  secured  from  the  de- 
posit and  pledge  of  said  bonds  in  the  manner  set  out  in  said  petition  and 
the  amendment  thereto,  is  reasonably  required  for  the  proper  purposes 
of  said  corporation.  It  is  further 

Ordered,  That  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  deposit  and  pledge  of 
said  bonds  be  devoted  by  the  said  The  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Dayton 
Railway  Company  to  and  used  for  the  following  purposes,  and  no  other, 
to-wit:  First,  the  money  secured  from  the  deposit  and  pledge  of  said 
$1,093,000.00  guaranteed  first  and  refunding  mortgage  bonds  to  be  used 
in  paying  the  obligations  of  said  company  incurred  in  making  improve- 
ments, additions  and  betterments  to  the  property  of  said  company,  as 
fully  set  out  in  Exhibits  “B”  and  “C”  attached  to  the  petition  and  made  a 
part  of  this  order  by  reference;  second,  the  money  secured  from  the  de- 
posit and  pledge  o.f  said  $157,000.00  guaranteed  first  and  refunding 
mortgage  bonds  to  be  used  in  payment  of  the  lawful  obligations  of  said 
company  incurred  in  making  the  improvements,  additions  and  better- 
ments to  its  property,  as  fully  set  out  in  Exhibit  “D”  attached  to  the  peti- 
tion and  made  a part  of  this  order  by  reference : third,  the  money  secured 
from  the  deposit  and  pledge  of  said  $309,000.00  unguaranteed  first  and 
refunding  mortgage  bonds  to  be  used  to  reimburse  the  income  account  of 
said  company  for  moneys  actually  expended  therefrom  for  the  discharge 
of  principal  or  capital  obligations  of  said  company  during  the  six  months 
ending  December  thirty-first,  1911,  said  principal  or  capital  obligations 
having  been  incurred  in  making  the  improvements,  additions  and  better- 
ments to  the  property  of  said  company,  as'  fully  set  out  in  the  third  sec- 
tion of  the  original  petition,  which  is  made  a part  hereof  by  reference. 
It  is  further 

Ordered,  That  the  interest  charges  on  the  money  secured  from  the 
said  The  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  Company  shall  not  exceed  the 
rate  of  five  (5)  per  centum  per  annum.  It  is  further 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Dayton  Railway 
Company  make  verified  report  to  the  Commission,  as  follows:  Upon 


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the  deposit  and  pledge  of  said  bonds  or  any  part  thereof,  the  fact  of 
such  deposit  and  pledge,  the  amounts  realized  therefrom,  which  shall  be 
the  largest  amount  obtainable  and  shall  not  be  less  than  eighty  (80)  per 
centum  of  the  par  value  of  said  bonds ; at  the  termination  of  each  and 
every  period  of  six  (6)  months  from  the  date  of  this  order,  the  dispo- 
sition and  use  made  of  the  proceeds  of  the  deposit  and  pledge  of  said 
bonds,  setting  forth  in  reasonable  detail  the  purposes  to  which  the  pro- 
ceeds  have  been  devoted,  and  that  such  report  be  made  until  all  the  pro- 
ceeds of  the  deposit  and  pledge  of  said  bonds  have  been  expended  pur- 
suant to  this  order. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  tenth  of  April,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  Application  of  Byron  E. 
Koh'n  and  The  Country  Home  Tele- 
phone Company  for  Approval  of  the 
Sale  and  Transfer  of  the  Property  of 
The  Complete  Telephone  Company  by 
Byron  E.  Kohn  to  The  Country  Home 
Telephone  Company. 


\ 


^Formal  No.  79. 


This  matter  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing  upon  the  joint 
petition  of  Byron  E.  Kohn,  sole  owner  of  the  property  of  what  was 
known  as  The  Complete  Telephone  Company  and  later  designated  as  the 
K.  L.  X.  Y.  Telephone  Company,  and  The  Country  Home  Telephone 
Company,  the  evidence  and  the  exhibits. 

After  due  consideration  of  the  pleadings,  the  evidence  and  the  ex- 
hibits, the  Commission  is  satisfied  that  the  prayer  of  said  petition  should 
be  granted.  It  is  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  said  Byron  E.  Kohn  be  and  he  is,  hereby,  authorized 
to  sell  to  the  said  The  Country  Home  Telephone  Company  certain  prop- 
erty fully  set  out  in  an  inventory  filed  herein  on  the  second  day  of 
March,  1912,  and  marked  Exhibit  “A”,  and  made  a part  of  this  order  by 
reference  and  said  The  Country  Home  Telephone  Company  is,  hereby, 
authorized  to  purchase  said  property  and  to  pay  therefor  the  sum  of 
' Eight  Hundred  ($800.00)  Dollars.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  authority  herein  granted  may  be  exercised  on 
and  after  this  date. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  eleventh  day  of  March,  1912. 


65  ‘ 

Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The 
Spencerville  Telephone  Company  for  i 
Approval  by  the  Commission  of  its  ^Formal  No.  81. 
Schedule  of  Rates  Embodying  a Classi-  I 
fication  of  Service.  J 

This  case  came  on  this  day  to  be  heard,  and  the  applicant,  failing 
to  appear  either  in  person  or  by  representation,  to  sustain  this  applica- 
tion, said  case  is  hereby  dismissed  and  the  schedule  of  rates  submitted 
for  approval  is  hereby  rejected. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twenty-ninth  day  of  December,  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO.  * 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The 
Convoy  Home  Telephone  Company  for 
Approval  by  the  Commission  of  its 
Schedule  of  Rates  Embodying  a Classi- 
fication of  Service. 


^Formal  No.  82. 


This  case  came  on  this  day  to  be  heard,  and  the  applicant,  failing 
to  appear  either  in  person  or  by  representation,  to  sustain  the  applica- 
tion, said  case  is  hereby  dismissed  and  the  schedule  of  rates  submitted 
for  approval  is  hereby  rejected. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twenty-ninth  day  of  December,  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The 
Eastern  Ohio  Telephone  Company  for 
the  Approval  by  the  Commission  of  its 
Schedule  of  Rates  Embodying  a Classi- 
fication of  Service. 


^Formal  No. 


83- 


This  case  came  on  this  day  to  be  heard,  and  the  applicant,  failing  to 
appear  either  in  person  or  by  representation,  to  sustain  the  application, 


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said  case  is  hereby  dismissed  and  the  schedule  of  rates  submitted  for 
approval  is  hereby  rejected. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  .Ohio,  this  twenty-ninth  day  of  December,  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The^i 

Greenville  Electric  Light  and  Power  | 

Company  for  Authority  to  Issue  $25,- 

000.00  Common  Stock. 

The  Greenville  Electric  Light  and  Power  Company,  a corporation 
organized  under  the  laws  of  Ohio,  with  its  principal  place  of  business  at 
Greenville,  Ohio,  having,  on  the  twenty-eighth  day  of  December,  1911, 
filed  its  petition  for  authority  to  issue  its  common  stock  of  the  par  value 
of  Twenty-five  Thousand  Dollars  to  secure  funds  for  building  and  con- 
structing an  electrical  extension  line  from  Greenville,  Ohio,  to  New 
Madison,  Castine,  West  Manchester,  Eldorado,  Lewisburg  and  Brook- 
ville,  Ohio,  and  the  time  of  hearing  said  matter  having  been  fixed  for 
Wednesday,  January  tenth,  1912,  at  1 :3c)  o’clock  p.  m.,  and  due  notice  of 
the  time  and  place  of  said  hearing  having  been  given,  the  same  came 
on  this  day  to  be  heard. 

After  due  consideration  of  the.  petition,  hearing  the  evidence,  ex- 
amining the  exhibits  and  making  such  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the 
Commission  deemed  proper,  and  it  appearing  that  the  proceeds  from  the 
sale  of  said  stock  are  to  be  used  for  the  discharge  of  the  lawful  obliga- 
tions of  said,  The  Greenville  Electric  Light  and  Power  Company,  the 
Commission  is  satisfied  that  the  prayer  of  said  petition  should  be  granted. 
Therefore,  upon  due  consideration  of  the  petition,  accompany  exhibits 
and  the  evidence,  it  is, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Greenville  Electric  Light  and  Power  Com- 
pany be,  and  it  is,  hereby,  authorized  to  issue  Twenty-five  Thousand 
Dollars  ($25,000.00)  par  value,  of  its  common  stock,  and  that  said  stock 
be  sold  at  not  less  than  the  par  value  thereof,  it  being  the  opinion  and 
finding  of  the  Commission  that  the  Capital  to  be  secured  by  the  issue 
of  said  stock  is  reasonably  required  for  such  purposes  of  the  corporation. 
It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  stock  be 
devoted  by  said  The  Greenville  Electric  Light  and  Power  Company  to, 
and  used  for  the  following  purposes,  and  no  other,  to-wit : The  build- 
ing and  constructing  of  an  electrical  extension  line  from  Greenville,  Ohio, 


y Formal  No.  85. 


6; 


to  New  Madison,  Castine,  West  Manchester,  Eldorado,  Lewisburg  and 
Brookville,  Ohio.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Greenville  Electric  Light  and  Power  Com- 
pany make  a verified  report  to  the  Commission,  as  follows : 

Upon  the  sale  of  said  Stock,  or  any  part  thereof,  the  fact  of  such 
sale;  the  terms  and  conditions  of  sale;  the  amount  realized  therefrom, 
which  shall  not  be  less  than  the  par  value  of  said  stock. 

At  the  termination  of  each  and  every  period  of  six  months  from  the 
date  of  this  order,  the  disposition  and  use  made  of  the  proceeds  arising 
from  the  sale  of  said  stock,  setting  forth,  in  reasonable  detail,  the  pur- 
poses to  which  the  proceeds  have  been  devoted,  and  that  such  report 
be  made  until  all  the  proceeds  of  said  stock  have  been  expended  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  provisions  of  this  order. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  tenth  day  of  January,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

» 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The 
New  Madison  Lighting  Company  for 
Authority  to  Issue  $3,500.00  Common 
Stock. 


^ Formal  No.  86. 


The  New  Madison  Lighting  Company,  a corporation  organized  un- 
der the  laws  of  Ohio,  with  its  principal  place  of  business  at  New  Madi- 
son, Ohio,  having  on  the  twenty-eighth  day  of  December,  1911,  filed  its 
petition  for  authority  to  issue  its  common  stock  of  the  par  value  of  Three 
Thousand,  Five  Hundred  Dollars,  to  secure  funds  to  be  used  in  con- 
structing an  electrical  transmission  line  in  the  town  of  New  Madison. 
Darke  County,  Ohio,  for  the  purpose  of  transmitting  and  delivering 
electricity  for  light,  heat,  power  and  other  purposes,  to  consumers  in  said 
town,  and  the  time  of  hearing  said  matter  having  been  fixed  for  Wed- 
nesday, January  tenth,  1912,  at  3:00  o’clock  p.  m.,  and  due  notice  of 
the  time  and  place  of  said  hearing  having  been  given  the  same  came 
on  this  day  to  be  heard. 

After  due  consideration  of  the  petition,  hearing  the  evidence,  ex- 
amining the  exhibits  and  making  such  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the 
Commission  deemed  proper,  and  it  appearing  that  the  proceeds  from  the 
sale  of  said  stock  are  to  be  used  for  the  discharge  of  the  lawful  obli- 
gations of  said  The  New  Madison  Lighting  Company,  the  Commission  is 
satisfied  that  the  prayer  of  said  petition  should  be  granted,  Therefore, 
upon  due  consideration  of  the  petition,  accompanying  exhibits  and  the 
evidence,  it  is, 


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Ordered,  That  said  The  New  Madison  Light  Company  be,  and  it  is, 
hereby,  authorized  to  issue  its  common  stock,  of  the  par  value  of  Three 
Thousand,  Five  Hundred  Dollars  ($3,500.00),  and  that  said  stock  be 
sold  at  not  less  than  the  par  value  thereof,  it  being  the  opinion  and  finding 
of  the  Commission  that  the  capital  to  be  secured  by  the  issue  of  said 
stock  is  reasonably  required  for  said  purposes  of  the  corporation.  It  is 
further, 

Ordered,  That  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  stock  be 
devoted  by  said  The  New  Madison  Lighting  Company  to,  and  used  for 
the  following  purposes,  and  no  other,  to-wit:  The  construction  of  an 
electrical  transmission  line  in  the  town  of  New  Madison,  Darke  County, 
Ohio.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  New  Madison  Lighting  Company  make 
verified  report  to  the  Commission,  as  follows : 

Upon  the  sale  of  said  stock,  or  any  part  thereof,  the  fact  of  such 
sale ; the  terms  and  conditions  of  sale ; the  amounts  realized  therefrom, 
which  shall  not  be  less  than  the  par  value  of  said  stock. 

At  the  termination  of  each  and  every  period  of  six  months  from 
the  date  of  this  order,  the  disposition  and  use  made  of  the  proceeds  aris- 
ing from  the  sale  of  said  stock,  setting  forth,  in  reasonable  detail,  the 
purposes  to  which  the  proceeds  have  been  devoted,  and  that  such  report 
be  made  until  all  the  proceeds  of  said  stock  have  been  expended  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  provisions  of  this  order. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  tenth  day  of  January,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Investigation  of  the 
Operation  and  Management  of  The 
Cincinnati  Traction  Company  With 
Respect  to  the  Safety  and  Security  of 
the  Public. 


^Formal  No. 

j 


87. 


The  Commission  having  under  consideration  the  management  and 
operation  of  The  Cincinnati  Traction  Company  with  respect  to  the  safety 
and  security  of  the  public,  and  especially  with  respect  to  the  necessity 
for  the  installation  and  equipment  of  its  trolley  wires  with  guards, 
where  the  tracks  and  wires  of  said  traction  company  cross  the  tracks 
of  The  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Dayton  Railway  Company  at  Hamilton 
Avenue  in  the  municipality  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio:  It  is 

Ordered,  That  an  investigation  thereof  be  made  bv  the  Commission, 
and  a hearing  thereon  held.  Friday,  January  twelfth,  1912,  at  nine 


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o’clock  a.  m.,  at  the  offices  of  said  Traction  Company  are  hereby  fixed 
as  the  time  and  place  of  said  investigation  and  hearing.  It  is  further, 
Ordered,  That  the  said  The  Cincinnati  Traction  Company  be  duly 
notified  of  said  investigation  and  hearing  by  the  forwarding  of  a copy 
of  this  order  to  the  President  or  other  proper  official  of  said  company. 
Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  28th  day  of  December,  1911. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Application-  of  F.  N. 

Donaldson  for  Approval  of  a Minimum 

Charge  and  Meter  Rent  to  be  Charged  Formal  No.  89. 

for  Natural  Gas  in  the  Village  of 

Jewett,  Ohio. 

This  matter  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing  upon  the  pleadings, 
the  evidence  and  the  exhibits,  and,  after  due  consideration  thereof,  the 
Commission  is  satisfied  that  said  minimum  charge  and  meter  rent  are 
excessive  and  unreasonable  and  that  the  same  should  not  be  approved. 
It  is.  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  approval  of  said  minimum  charge  and  meter  rent 
be,  and  the  same  is,  hereby  withheld,  and  said  application  be,  and  the 
same  is,  hereby,  dismissed. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  29th  of  February,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The  J Formal  No.  90. 
South-Da yton  Railroad  ^Company  for  I 
Authority  to  Issue  $10,000.00  Stocks  ^ 
and  $8,000.00  Bonds. 

The  South-Dayton  Railroad  Company,  a corporation  organized  un- 
der the  laws  of  Ohio,  with  its  principal  place  of  business  in  the  city  of 
Dayton,  Ohio,  having,  on  the  second  day  of  January'  1912,  filed  its 
petition  for  authority  to  issue  $15,000.00,  par  value,  of  its  common  stock 
and  $10,000.00,  par  value  of  its  bonds,  to  be  used  in  acquiring  certain 
railroad  property  from  the  The  Washed  Gravel  and  Sand  Company,  as 
fully  set  out  in  said  petition,  and  the  hearing  of  said  matter  having  been 


70 


fixed  for  January  sixteenth,  1912,  at  1 130  o’clock  p.  m.,  and  *due  notice 
of  said  hearing  having  been  given,  and  having  been  heard  in  part  on  said 
day,  and  the  further  hearing  thereof  having  been  continued  from  day 
to  day,  and  the  applicant  having,  on  the  twenty-fourth  day  of  January, 
1912,  filed  an  amendment  to  its  petition  wherein  the  amount  of  securities 
to  be  issued  is  reduced  to  $10,000.00,  par  value,  of  its  stock  and  $8,000.00, 
par  value  of  its  bonds,  said  matter  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing 
upon  the  petition,  the  amendment  thereto,  the  exhibits  and  the  evidence. 

After  due  consideration  of  the  pleadings,  hearing  the  evidence,  ex- 
amining the  exhibits  and  making  such  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the 
Commission  deemed  proper,  and  it  appearing  that  the  proceeds  of  the 
sale  of  said  stocks  and  bonds  are  to  be  used  for  the  discharge  of  the  law- 
ful obligations  of  said  corporation,  it  is, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  South-Dayton  Railroad  Company  be,  and  it 
is,  hereby  authorized  to  issue  its  common  stock  of  the  par  value  of  Ten 
Thousand  Dollars  ($10,000.00),  and  that  said  stock  be  sold  at  not  less 
than  the  par  value  thereof,  it  being  the  opinion  and  finding  of  the  Com- 
mission that  the  capital  to  be  secured  by  the  sale  of  said  stock  is  reason- 
ably required  for  the  purposes  of  said  corporation.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  South-Dayton  Railroad  Company  be,  and 
it  is  hereby,  authorized  to  issue  its  bonds  of  the  par  value  of  Eight 
Thousand  Dollars  ($8,000.00),  and  that  said  bonds  be  sold  at  not  less  than 
eighty-five  percent  (85%)  of  the  par  value  thereof,  it  being  the  opinion 
and  finding  of  the  Commission  that  the  funds  to  be  secured  by  the  sale 
of  said  bonds  are  reasonably  required  for  the  purposes  of  said  cor- 
poration. It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  stocks 
and  bonds  be  devoted  by  said  The  South-Dayton  Railroad  Company  to, 
and  used  for  the  following  purposes,  and  no  other,  to-wit : The  purchase 
of  the  railroad  property  of  The  Washed  Gravel  and  Sand  Company,  con- 
sisting of  road-bed,  rails,  ties,  switches,  equipment,  easements,  licenses, 
rights-of-way  and  privileges  now  owned  or  occupied  by  said  The  Washed 
Gravel  and  Sand  Company  in  Section  7,  Town  I,  Range  7 M.  R’s  in 
Van  Buren  Township,  Montgomery  County,  Ohio,  said  property  being 
fully  set  out  and  described  in  the  petition  herein  and  accompanying  ex- 
hibits, which  are  made  a part  hereof  by  reference.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  said  The  South-Dayton  Railroad  Company  make 
verified  report  to  the  Commission,  as  follows : Upon  the  sale  of  said 
stocks  and  bonds,  or  any  part  of  either,  the  fact  of  such  sale ; the  terms 
and  conditions  of  sale ; the  amounts  realized  therefrom,  which  shall  not  be 
less  than  the  par  value  of  said  stock  and  not  less  than  eighty-five  per 
cent  (85%)  of  the  par  value  of  said  bonds;  at  the  termination  of  each 
and  every  period  of  three  (3)  months  from  the  date  of  this  order,  the 
disposition  made  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said  stocks  and  bonds, 
or  of  either,  setting  forth  in  reasonable  detail,  the  purposes  to  which 


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the  proceeds  have  been  devoted,  and  that  such  report  be  made  until  all 
the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said  stocks  and  bonds  have  been  expended 
pursuant  to  this  order. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  24th  day  of  January,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The 
Mahoning  Valley  Water  Company  for 
Authority  to  Issue  Three  Hundred 
Thousand  Dollars  of  its  Bonds. 


> Formal  No. 


92. 


The  Mahoning  Valley  Water  Company,  a corporation  organized  un- 
der the  laws  of  Ohio,  with  its  principal  place  of  business  at  Youngstown, 
Ohio,  having,  on  the  third  day  of  January,  1912,  filed  its  petition  for 
authority  to  issue  its  bonds  of  the  par  value  of  $300,000.00  and  said 
matter  having  been  set  for  hearing  January  twelfth,  1912,  at  two  o’clock 
p.  rn.,  and  due  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of  said  hearing  having  been 
given ; and  having  on  said  day  been  heard  in  part,  and  the  further  hearing 
thereof  having  been  continued  from  day  to  day,  the  same  came  of  this 
day  for  final  hearing. 

After  considering  the  pleadings,  hearing  the  evidence,  examining 
the  exhibits  and  making  such  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the  Commission 
deemed  proper,  and  it  appearing  that  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said 
bonds  are  to  be  used  for  the  discharge  of  the  lawful  obligations  of  said 
corporation,  to  wit : First,  the  funding  of  the  floating  debt  of  said  com- 
pany : second,  the  retiring  of  a former  issue  of  the  bonds  of  said  com- 
pany of  the  par  value  of  $100,000.00,  and,  third,  the  construction  of  ex- 
tensions and  improvement  of  its  plant  and  property,  it  is, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Mahoning  Valley  Water  Company  be  and 
it  is,  hereby,  authorized  to  issue  its  first  mortgage  bonds  of  the  par  value 
of  Three  Hundred  Thousand  Dollars  ($300,000.00),  said  bonds  to  be 
dated  March  first,  1911,  and  to  bear  interest  at  the  rate  of  six  (6)  per 
cent  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually,  and  to  be  sold  by  said  The 
Mahoning  Valley  Water  Company  at  the  best  price  obtainable  and  at  not 
less  than  ninety-seven  and  one-half  (97J)  per  cent,  of  the  par  value 
thereof,  it  being  the  opinion  and  finding  of  the  Commission  that  the 
money  to  be  secured  by  the  issue  of  said  bonds  is  reasonably  required  for 
the  proper  purposes  of  said  corporation.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  bonds  be 
devoted  by  said  The  Mahoning  Valley  Water  Company  to  and  used  for 
the  following  purposes,  and  no  other,  to-wit : First,  the  funding  of  the 


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floating  debt  of  said  company,  as  fully  set  out  in  Exhibit  “A” ; second, 
the  retiring  of  a former  issue  of  bonds  of  said  company  of  the  par  value 
of  $100,000.00,  as  fully  set  out  in  Exhibit  “B”,  and,  third,  the  con- 
struction of  extensions  and  improvements  to  the  plant  and  property  of 
said  company,  as  fully  set  out  in  Exhibit  “C”,  each  an^  all  of  said  exhibits 
being  part  of  the  record  in  this  case  and  made  a part  of  this  order  by 
reference.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Mahoning  Valley  Water  Company  make 
verified  report  to  the  Commission  as  follows : Upon  the  sale  of  said 
bonds,  or  any  part  thereof,  the  fact  of  such  sale ; the  terms  and  conditions 
of  sale;  the  amounts  realized  therefrom,  which  shall  be  the  best  price 
obtainable  and  not  less  than  9 per  cent,  of  the  par  value  thereof ; At 
the  termination  of  each  and  every  period  of  six  (6)  months  from  the 
date  of  this  order,  the  disposition  and  use  made  of  the  proceeds  of  the 
sale  of  said  bonds,  setting  forth  in  reasonable  detail,  the  purposes  to 
which  said  proceeds  have  been  devoted,  and  that  such  report  be  made  un- 
til all  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said  bonds  have  been  expended  in 
accordance  with  this  order. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  6th  of  February,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The 
Detroit,  Toledo  and  Ironton  Railway 
Company,  George  K.  Lowell,  Benjamin 
S.  Warren,  Thomas  D.  Rhodes,  Re- 
ceivers, for  Authority  to  Suspend  Car 
Service  Rules  and  Waive  the  Assess- 
ment of  Car  Service  Charges  on  Cars 
Loaded  With  Coal  at  Mines,  to  the  Ex- 
tent of  Two  Hundred  Per  Cent,  of  the 
Output  of  Each  Mine,  and  Held  for 


^Formal  No. 


Billing. 


93- 


This  matter  came  on  this  day  to  be  heard  upon  the  application 
of  the  Detroit,  Toledo  and  Ironton  Railway  Company,  George  K.  Lowell, 
Benjamin  S.  Warren  and  Thomas  D.  Rhodes,  Receivers,  for  authority 
to  waive  the  collection  of  car  service  charges  and  suspend  car  service 
rules  on  cars  loaded  with  coal  at  mines  on  the  line  of  said  The  Detroit, 
Toledo  and  Ironton  Railway  Company,  and  held  for  billing,  and  the  testi- 
mony ; and  it  appearing  to  the  Commission  that  the  applicant  has,  and 
will  continue  to  have  under  this  order,  cars  sufficient  in  number  to  meet 


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all  the  requirements  of  its  patrons;  and  it  appearing  further,  that  both 
the  applicant,  The  Detroit,  Toledo  and  Ironton  Railway  Company,  George 
K.  Lowell,  Benjamin  S.  Warren  and  Thomas  D.  Rhodes,  Receivers,  and 
the  general  public  will  be  benefited  thereby,  it  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  the  said  The  Detroit,  Toledo  and  Ironton  Railway 
Company,  George  K.  Lowell,  Benjamin  S.  Warren  and  Thomas  D. 
Rhodes,  Receivers,  if  it  so  elect,  may  waive  the  collection  of  car  service 
charges  and  suspend  car  service  rules  on  cars  loaded  with  coal  at  mines 
on  its  line  and  held  for  billing: 

Provided,  That  cars  shall  not  be  held  under  load  by  any  operator 
or  operating  company,  free  from  car  service  charges,  under  this  order, 
in  excess  of  two  hundred  (200)  per  cent,  of  the  aggregate  daily  rating 
■of  the  mines  operated  by  such  operator,  company  or  companies ; and  it  is 
further, 

Provided,  That  if  the  said  The  Detroit,  Toledo  and  Ironton  Rail- 
way Company,  George  K.  Lowell,  Benjamin  S.  Warren  and  Thomas  D. 
Rhodes,  Receivers,  elect  to,  and  does  waive  the  collection  of  car  service 
charges  and  suspends  car  service  rules,  as  provided  in  this  order,  it  may 
reinstate  the  same  at  any  time  after  such  suspension,  upon  giving  twenty 
(20)  days’  notice  thereof  to  the  public,  and  the  filing  of  proper  tariffs 
with  the  Commission ; and  it  is  further, 

Provided,  That  if,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Commission,  public  con- 
venience or  necessity  should  require  the  same,  the  Commission  may, 
upon  twenty  (20)  days’  notice  to  the  said  The  Detroit,  Toledo  and 
Ironton  Railway  Company,  George  K.  Lowell,  Benjamin  S.  Warren  and 
Thomas  D.  Rhodes,  Receivers,  annul  the  provisions  of  this  order. 

Permission  is  hereby  given  to  the  said  The  Detroit,  Toledo  and 
Ironton  Railway  Company,  George  K.  Lowell,  Benjamin  S.  Warren  and 
Thomas  D.  Rhodes,  Receivers,  to  file  tariff  with  the  Commission  pro- 
viding for  the  suspension  of  car  service  rules  and  the  charges  thereunder, 
effective  on  one  day’s  notice ; authority  for  such  publication  to  appear 
thereon,  as  Special  Permission  Number  Three  Hundred  and  Eighteen 
(318)  of  January  10,  1912. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  10th  day  January,  1912. 


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Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The 
Oberlin  Telephone  Company  and  the 
Central  Union  Telephone  Company 
for  Approval  of  Contract  for  Connec- 
tion and  Exchange  of  Service. 


^Formal  No. 


95- 


This  matter  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing  upon  the  joint  pe- 
tition of  the  Oberlin  Telephone  Company  and  the  Central  Union  Tele- 
phone Company,  the  evidence  and  the  exhibits ; and  the  Commission, 
being  fully  advised  in  the  premises,  is  satisfied  that  the  prayer  of  said 
petition  should  be  granted.  It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Oberlin  Telephone  Uompany  and  the  Cen- 
tral Union  Telephone  Company  be,  and  they  are,  hereby,  authorized  to 
form  connection  and  interchange  service  in  the  manner  and  for  the  pur- 
poses set  out  in  said  petition.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  authority  herein  granted  may  be  exercised  on  and 
after  this  date. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  8th  of  February,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The^ 

Columbiana  County  Light  and  Power 

Company  for  Permission  to  Sell  its  _ , 

-p.  t,  -p.  rp  f Formal  No.  06. 

Property,  Plant  and  Business  to  The  | * 

Salem  Electric  Light  and  Power  Com-  | 

pany.  J 

This  matter  came  on  this  day  to  be  heard  upon  the  joint  petition  of 
The  Columbiana  County  Light  and  Power  Company  and  The  Salem 
Electric  Light  and  Power  Company,  the  evidence  and  the  exhibits. 

After  due  consideration  of  the  pleadings,  the  evidence  and  the  ex- 
hibits, the  Commission  is  satisfied  that  the  prayer  of  said  petition  should 
not  be  granted.  It  is,  therefore. 

Ordered,  That  said  petition  be,  and  the  same  is,  hereby,  dismissed. 
Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  thirty-first  day  of  January,  1912. 


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Before  The 


PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The 
American  Gas  Company  for  Authority 
to  Issue  $76,675.00  Stock. 


^Formal  No. 


98. 


The  American  Gas  Company,  a corporation  duly  organized  under 
the  laws  of  Ohio,  with  its  principal  place  of  business  at  Carrollton,  Ohio, 
having,  on  the  sixth  day  of  January,  1912,  filed  its  petition  for  authority 
to  issue  its  common  stock  of  the  par  value  of  $76,675.00  for  the  purpose 
of  securing  funds  to  meet  its  lawful  obligations  incurred  in  the  purchase 
of  property,  and  for  the  improvement  and  extension  of  its  service,  and 
the  time  of  hearing  said  matter  having  been  fixed  for  January  eighteenth, 
1912,  at  three  o’clock  p.  m.,  and  due  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of  said 
hearing  having  been  given,  this  day  the  same  came  on  to  be  heard. 

After  considering  the  pleadings,  hearing  the  evidence,  examining 
the  exhibits  and  making  such  investigation  as  the'  Commission  deemed 
proper,  and  it  appearing  that  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said  stock  are 
to  be  used  for  the  discharge  of  the  lawful  obligations  of  said  The  Ameri- 
can Gas  Company,  to-wit:  Obligation  incurred,  and  to  be  incurred  in 
the  purchase  of  property  and  the  improvement  and  extension  of  its 
service,  as  fully  set  out  in  said  petition.  Now,  upon  due  consideration 
of  the  pleadings,  accompanying  exhibits  and  the  evidence,  it  is, 

Ordered,  That  The  American  Gas  Company  be,  and  it  is,  hereby, 
authorized  to  issue  its  common  stock,  of  the  par  value  of  Seventy-Six 
Thousand,  Six  Hundred  and  Seventy-Five  Dollars  ($76,675.00),  and 
that  said  stock  be  sold  at  not  less  than  the  par  value  thereof,  it  being  the 
opinion  and  finding  of  the  Commission  that  the  money  to  be  received 
from  the  sale  of  said  stock  is  reasonably  required  for  the  purposes  of 
said  The  American  Gas  Company.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  stock  be 
devoted  by  the  said  The  American  Gas  Company  to,  and  used  for  the 
following  purposes,  and  no  other,  to-wit : The  discharge  of  the  lawful 
obligations  of  said  corporation,  heretofore  incurred  and  to  be  incurred 
in  the  purchase  of  property  and  the  extension  and  improvement  of  its 
service,  as  fully  set  out  in  the  petition  filed  herein,  which  is  made  a part 
hereof  by  reference.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  said  The  American  Gas  Company  make  verified 
report  to  the  commission,  as  follows : 

Upon  the  sale  of  said  stock,  or  any  part  thereof,  the  fact  of  such 
sale,  the  terms  and  conditions  of  sale,  the  amount  realized  therefrom, 
which  shall  not  be  less  than  the  par  value  of  said  stock. 

At  the  termination  of  each  and  every  period  of  six  months  from 
the  date  of  this  order,  the  disposition  and  use  made  of  the  proceeds  of 


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the  sale  of  said  stock,  setting  forth  in  reasonable  detail,  the  purposes  to 
which  the  proceeds  have  been  devoted,  and  that  such  report  be  made 
until  the  proceeds  of  said  stock  have  been  expended. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  18th  day  of  January,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


The  L.  Vinney  Company, 

Complainant. 


^Formal  No.  99. 


The  Ohio  Electric  Railway  Company, 

Defendant.  ^ 


It  appearing  from  statements  of  complainant  that  satisfaction  of  the 
case'  has  been  afforded  by  defendant,  the  same  is,  therefore,  dismissed. 
Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  February  9,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The^ 

Wilmington  Gas,  Light  and  Coke  Com- 
pany for  Authority  to  Issue  $10,000.00  r*  Formal  No.  100. 
Stock. 

The  Wilmington  Gas,  Light  and  Coke  Company  having,  on  the 
fifteenth  day  of  January,  1912,  filed  its  petition  for  authority  to  issue 
its  capital  stock  of  the  par  value  of  $10,000.00  to  reimburse  said  com- 
pany for  money  heretofore,  to-wit : Within  the  past  five  years;  ex- 
pended from  its  income  or  from  other  moneys  in  its  treasury,  not  secured 
or  obtained  from  the  issue  of  stocks,  bonds,  notes  or  other  evidences  of 
indebtedness  of  said  company,  for  the  acquisition  of  property  and  the  ex- 
tension and  improvement  of  its  plant,  as  fully  set  out  in  said  petition, 
and  the  time  of  hearing  said  matter  having  been  fixed  tor  January 
twenty-second,  1912,  at  two  o’clock  p.  m.,  and  having  been  heard  in 
part  on  said  day,  and  the  further  hearing  thereof  having  been  continued 
from  day  to  day,  the  same  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing. 

After  considering  the  pleadings,  hearing  all  the  evidence,  examining 
the  exhibits  and  making  such  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the  Commission 


77 


deemed  proper,  and  it  appearing  that  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said 
stock  are  to  be  used  for  the  discharge  of  the  lawful  obligations  of  said 
company,  it  is. 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Wilmington  Gas,  Light  and  Coke  Company 
be,  and  it  is,  hereby,  authorized,  to  issue  its  capital  stock  of  the  par 
value  of  Ten  Thousand  Dollars  ($10,000.00),  said  stock  to  be  sold  at  the 
best  price  obtainable  and  at  not  less  than  the  par  value  thereof,  it  being 
the  opinion  and  finding  of  the  Commission  that  the  money  to  be  secured 
by  the  sale  of  said  stock  is  reasonably  required  for  the  legitimate  pur- 
poses of  said  corporation.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  stock  be 
devoted  by  said  The 'Wilmington  Gas,  Light  and  Coke  Company  to,  and 
used  for  the  reimbursement  of  said  Company  for  expenditures  hereto- 
fore made  from  income  or  from  other  moneys  in  the  treasury  of  said 
company,  not  secured  or  obtained  from  the  issue  of  stocks,  bonds,  notes 
or  other  evidences  of  indebtedness  of  said  company,  as  follows : 

1907-8.  1909.  1910.  1911. 


Gasworks $982  38  $491  39  $2,204  69 

Meters  622  86  . 173  25  $200  94  146  50 

Laterals  548  81  113  68  127  17  40  57 

Mains  970  12  275  40  144  98  224  90 

Tools  145  60  26  19  29  29  20  67 

Siding  2,261  13 

Real  estate  275  00 

Scales  124  99 


$3,544  72  $3,466  03  $502  38  $2,637  23  $10,15036 

It  is  further : 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Wilmington  Gas,  Light  and  Coke  Company 
make  verified  report  to  the  commission  as  follows : Upon  the  sale  of 
said  stock,  or  any  part  thereof,  the  fact  of  such  sale;  the  amounts  real- 
ized therefrom,  which  shall  be  the  best  price  obtainable  and  not  less 
than  the  par  value  of  said  stock;  at- the  termination  of  each  and  every  ( 
period  of  three  (3)  months  from  the  date  of  this  order,  the  disposition 
and  use  made  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said  stock,  setting  forth  in 
reasonable  detail,  the  purposes  to  which  said  proceeds  have  been  de- 
voted, and  that  such  report  be  made  until  all  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of 
said  stock  have  been  expended  pursuant  to  this  order. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  19th  of  February,  1912. 


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Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO'. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The^ 

Hopedale  Telephone  Company  for  Au-  „ 

thority  to  Issue  $4,000.00  Capital  ^ orma  °-  101  • 

Stock. 

The  Hopedale  Telephone  Company,  a corporation  duly  organized 
under  the  laws  of  Ohio,  having,  on  the  sixteenth  day  of  January,  1912, 
filed  its  petition  for  authority  to  issue  its  common  stock  of  the  par  value 
of  Four  Thousand  Dollars,  the  proceeds  to  be  used  for  the  acquisition 
of  property  and  the  extension  and  improvement  of  its  facilities,  and  the 
time  for  hearing  said  matter  having  been  fixed  for  January  twenty- 
third,  1912,  at  three  o’clock  p.  m.,  and  due  notice  of  the  time  and  place 
of  said  hearing  having  been  given,  and  having  been  heard  in  part  on 
said  day  and  the  further-  hearing  thereof  having  been  continued  from 
day  to  day,  the  same  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing.  After  con- 
sidering the  pleadings,  hearing  the  evidence,  examining  the  exhibits  and 
making  such  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the  commission  deemed  proper, 
and  it  appearing  that  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said  stock  are  to  be 
used  in  the  discharge  of  the  lawful  obligations  of  said  company,  the  Com- 
mission is  satisfied  that  the  prayer  of  said  petition  should  be  granted. 
It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  the  said.  The  Hopedale  Telephone  Company,  be  and 
it  is,  hereby,  authorized  to  issue  its  common  stock  of  the  par  value  of 
Four  Thousand  Dollars  $(4,000.00),  and  that  said  stock  be  sold  for  the 
best  price  obtainable  and  not  less  than  the  par  value  thereof,  it  being  the 
opinion  and  finding  of  the  Commission  that  the  money  to  be  secured 
from  the  sale  of  said  stock  is  reasonably  required  for  the  proper  pur- 
poses of  said  corporation.  It  is  further. 

Ordered,  That  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  stock  be 
devoted  by  said  The  Hopedale  Telephone  Company  to,  and  used  for 
the  following  purposes,  and  no  other,  to-wit:  First,  in  payment  for 
property  heretofore  purchased  by  said  The  Hopedale  Telephone  Com- 
pany from  The  Harrison  and  Jefferson  Telephone  Company;  second, 
in  payment  for  additions  and  betterments  made  to  the  plant  and  prop- 
erty of  The  Hopedale  Telephone  Company  since  the  purchase  and  ac- 
quisition of  said  property  from  the  Harrison  and  Jefferson  Telephone 
Company ; third,  for  improvements,  extensions  and  additions  to  the 
plant  and  property  of  said  The  Hopedale  Telephone  Company  hereafter 
to  be  made,  all  of  said  property  being  fully  set  out  in  Exhibits  “A”  and 
“B”  respectively,  in  the  record  of  this  case  and  made  a part  of  this 
order  bv  reference.  It  is  further. 


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Ordered,  That  said  The  Hopedale  Telephone  Company  make  veri- 
fied report  to  the  Commission  as  follows : Upon  the  sale  of  said  stock, 
or  any  part  thereof,  the  fact  of  such  sale  and  amounts  realized  there- 
from, which  shall  be  the  best  price  obtainable  and  which  snail  not  be 
less  than  the  par  value  of  said  stock;  at  the  termination  of  each  and 
every  period  of  three  months  from  the  date  of  this  order,  the  disposi- 
tion and  use  made  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said  stock,  setting  forth 
in  reasonable  detail  the  purposes  to  which  the  proceeds  have  been  de- 
voted, and  that  such  report  be  made  until  all  the  proceeds  of  said  stock 
have  been  expended  pursuant  to  this  order. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  ninth  of  April,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The  ^ 

Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Dayton 

Railway  Company  for  Authority  to 

Suspend  Car  Service  Rules  and  Waive 

the  Assessment  of  Car  Service  Charges  ^Formal  No.  103. 

on  Cars  Loaded  With  Coal  at  Mines,  to 

the  Extent  of  200  Per  Cent,  of  the 

Output  of  Each  Mine,  and  Held  for 

Billing. 

This  matter  came  on  this  day  to  be  heard  upon  the  application  of 
The  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Dayton  Railway  Company  for  authority 
to  waive  the  collection  of  car  service  charges  and  suspend  car  service 
rules  on  cars  loaded  with  coal  at  mines  on  the  line  of  said  The  Cin- 
cinnati, Hamilton  and  Dayton  Railway  Company,  and  held  for  billing, 
and  the  testimony;  and  it  appearing  to  the  Commission  that  the  appli- 
cant has,  and  will  continue  to  have  under  this  order,  cars  sufficient  in 
number  to  meet  all  the  requirements  of  its  patrons ; and  it  appearing 
further,  that  both  the  applicant,  The  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Dayton 
Railway  Company,  and  the  general  public  will  be  benefited  thereby,  it  is, 
therefore, 

Ordered,  That  the  said  The  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Dayton  Rail- 
way Company,  if  it  so  elect,  may  waive  the  collection  of  car  service  charges 
and  suspend  car  service  rules  on  cars  loaded  with  coal  at  mines  on  its 
line  and  held  for  billing; 

Provided,  That  cars  shall  not  be  held  under  load  by  any  operator 
or  operating  company,  free  from  car  service  charges,  under  this  order  in 
excess  of  two  hundred  (200)  per  cent,  of  the  aggregate  daily  rating  of 


8o 


the  mines  operated  by  such  operator,  company  or  companies ; and  it  is 
further, 

Provided,  That  if  the  said  The  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Dayton 
Railway  Company  elect  to,  and  does  waive  the  collection  of  car  service 
charges  and  suspend  car  service  rules,  as  provided  in  this  order,  it  may 
reinstate  the  same  at  any  time  after  such  suspension,  upon  giving  twenty 
(20)  days’  notice  thereof  to  the  public,  and  the  filing  of  proper  tariffs 
with  the  Commission;  and  it  is  further 

Provided,  That  if,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Commission,  public  conve- 
nience or  necessity  should  require  the  same,  the  Commission  may,  upon 
twenty  (20)  days’  notice  to  the  said  The  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Day- 
ton  Railway  Company  annul  the  provisions  of  this  order. 

Permission  is  hereby  given  to  the  said  The  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and 
Dayton  Railway  Company  to  file  tariff  with  the  Commission  providing 
for  the  suspension  of  car  service  rules  and  the  charges  thereunder,  effect- 
ive on  one  day’s  notice;  authority  for  such  publication  to  appear  thereon, 
as  Special  Permission  Number  Three  Hundred  and  Twenty-Three  (323) 
of  January  24,  1912. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  24th  of  January,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Joint  Application  of 
The  Falls  Electric  Company  and  The 
Buckeye  Light  and  Power  Company  for 
Authority  to  Sell  and  Purchase 
Property. 


^Formal  No.  104. 

J 


This  matter  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing  upon  the  joint 
petition  of  The  Falls  Electric  Company  and  The  Buckeye  Light  and 
Power  Company,  the  evidence  and  the  exhibits. 

After  due  consideration  of  the  pleadings,  the  evidence  and  the  ex- 
hibits the  Commission  is  satisfied  that  the  prayer  of  said  petition  should 
be  granted.  It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  the  Said  The  Falls  Electric  Company  be,  and  it  is, 
hereby,  authorized  to  sell  and  convey  to  the  said  The  Buckeye  Light  and 
Power  Company  certain  property  fully  set  out  in  exhibits  and  inven- 
tories filed  herein  and  made  a part  of  this  order  by  reference;  and  said 
The  Buckeye  Light  and  Power  Company  is,  hereby,  authorized  to  pur- 
chase said  property  and  to  pay  therefor  the  sum  of  Twenty-Five  Thous- 
and ($25,000.00)  Dollars.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  authority  herein  granted  may  be  exercised  on  and 
after  this  date. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  seventh  of  March,  1912. 


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Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The 
Buckeye  Light  and  Power  Company  for 
Authority  to  Issue  $40,000.00  Common 
Stock. 


1 


^ Formal 


No 


105. 


The  Buckeye  Light  and  Power  Company,  a corporation  duly  organ- 
ized under  the  laws  of  Ohio,  having,  on  the  seventeenth  day  of  January, 
1912,  filed  its  petition  for  authority  to  issue  $40,000.00  par  value  of  its 
common  stodk,  the  proceeds  to  be  used  in  acquiring  the  property,  franch- 
ises and  assets  of  The  Falls  Electric  Company  located  in  the  villages 
of  Covington  and  Pleasant  Hill,  Ohio,  and  having,  on  the  ninth  day 
of  March,  1912,  filed  an  amendment  to  said  petition  asking  that  it  be  al- 
lowed to  issue  its  common  stock  in  such  amount  as  the  commission 
might  deem  proper,  and  the  hearing  of  said  matter  having  been  fixed  for 
March  twenty-sixth,  1912,  at  two  o’clock  p.  m.,  and  due  notice  of  the  time 
and  place  of  said  hearing  having  been  given,  and  having  been  heard  in 
part  on  said  day  and  the  further  hearing  thereof  having  been  continued' 
from  day  to  day,  said  matter  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing  upon  the 
petition  and  amendment  thereto,  the  exhibits  and  the  evidence.  After  due 
consideration  of  the  pleadings,  hearing  the  evidence,  examining  the  ex- 
hibits and  making  such  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the  Commission 
deemed  proper,  and  it  appearing  that  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said 
stock  are  to  be  used  for  the  discharge  of  the  lawful  obligations  of  said 
corporation,  it  is 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Buckeye  Light  and  Power  Company  be, 
and  it  is,  hereby,  authorized  to  issue  its  common  stock  of  the  par  value 
of  Twenty-five  Thousand  Dollars  ($25,000.00),  and  that  said  stock  be 
sold  at  the  best  price  obtainable  and  at  not  less  than  the  par  value  there- 
of, it  being  the  opinion  and  finding  of  the  Commission  that  the  capital 
to  be  secured  from  the  sale  of  said  stock  is  reasonably  required  for  the 
said  purposes  of  said  corporation.  It  is  further 

Ordered,  That  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  stock  be  de- 
voted by  said  The  Buckeye  Light  and  Power  Company  to  and  used  for 
the  following  purposes  and  no  other,  to-wit : the  purchase  of  the  property 
of  The  Falls  Electric  Company  as  fully  set' out  in  an  inventory  filed 
herewith  and  marked  Exhibit  “A”,  said  exhibit  being  made  a part  here- 
of by  reference.  It  is  further 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Buckeye  Light  and  Power  Company  make 
verified  report  to  the  Commission,  as  follows : upon  the  sale  of  said  stock, 
or  any  part  thereof,  the  fact  of  such  sale,  the  terms  and  conditions  of 
the  sale  and  amounts  realized  therefrom,  which  shall  be  the  best  price 
obtainable  and  not  less  than  the  par  value  thereof ; at  the  termination 


of  each  and  every  period  of  three  (3)  months  from  the  uatc  of  this 
order,  the  disposition  made  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said  stock, 
setting  forth  in  reasonable  detail  the  purposes  to  which  the  proceeds 
have  been  devoted,  and  that  such  report  be  made  until  all  the  proceeds 
of  the  sale  of  said  stock  have  been  expended  pursuant  to  this  order. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  fifth  of  April,  1912. 


vt 

Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The 
Mt.  Vernon  Electric  Company  for  Ap- 
proval of  Supplement  of  Schedule  of 


^Formal  No.  106. 


Rates. 


This  matter  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing  upon  the  application 
of  The  Alt.  Vernon  Electric  Company  for  approval  of  schedule  of  rates 
for  electricity  to  be  charged  in  the  City  of  Mt.  Vernon,  the  evidence  and 
the  exhibits. 

After  considering  the  pleadings,  hearing  the  evidence  and  examining 
the  exhibits,  the  Commission  is  of  the  opinion  that  such  schedule  of  rates 
should  not  be  approved. 

Said  application  is,  therefore,  denied,  said  schedule  rejected  and 
this  case  dismissed. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  8th  day  of  February,  1912  . 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The" 

Mt.  Vernon  Electric  Company  for  Ap- 
proval of  Supplement  of  Schedule  of  r Formal  No.  106. 
Rates.  J 

This  matter  came  on  this  day  for  rehearing  upon  the  application  of 
The  Mt.  Vernon  Electric  Company,  and  it  being  made  to  appear  to  the 
Commission  that  the  rates  set  out  in  the  schedule  tendered  to  this  Com- 
mission for  approval  by  said  Company  do  not  conform  to  and  are  in 
conflict  with  the  provisions  of  an  ordinance  enacted  by  the  Council  of 
the  City  of  Mt.  Vernon,  regulating  the  price  to  be  charged  for  electric 


service  in  said  city,  the  Commission  is  of  the  opinion  that  said  schedule 
of  rates  should  not  be  approved. 

The  application  of  the  sard  Mt.  Vernon  Electric  Company  for  ap- 
proval of  said  schedule  of  rates  is  therefore,  upon  rehearing,  denied, 
said  schedule  rejected,  and  this  case  dismissed. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  April  3,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Joint  Application  of  J 
The  Lisbon  Oil  and  Gas  Company  and  I 
The  Beaver  Gas  Company  for*  Au-  ^Formal  No.  107. 

THORITY  TO  PURCHASE  AND  SELL  PROPERTY,  j 

This  matter  came  on  to  be  heard  upon  the  joint  application  of  The 
Lisbon  Oil  and  Gas  Company  and  The  Beaver  Gas  Company;  the 
evidence,  and  the  exhibits.  After  due  consideration  of  the  pleadings, 
the  evidence  and  the  exhibits,  the  Commission  is  satisfied  that  the  prayer 
of  said  petition  should  be  granted.  It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  The  Beaver  Gas  Company  be,  and  it  is,  hereby, 
authorized  to  sell  and  convey  to  The  Lisbon  Oil  and  Gas  Company  cer- 
tain of  its  property,  fully  set  out  in  a copy  of  an  agreement  attached  to 
said  petition  and  marked  Exhibit  “A” ; and  the  said  The  Lisbon  Oil  and 
Gas  Company  is  authorized  to  purchase  said  property,  and  to  pay  there- 
for the  agreed  sum  of  Eighteen  Thousand  ($18,000.00)  Dollars,  in  the 
manner  set  out  in  said  contract.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  authority  herein  granted  may  be  exercised  on 
and  after  this  date. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  23rd  of  February,  1912. 


Before  Tfie 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Joint  Application  of 
The  Lisbon  Oil  and  Gas  Company  and 
The  Pennsylvania  and  Ohio  Gas  and  ^Formal  No.  108. 

Oil  Company  for  Authority  to  Pur-  I 

CHASE  AND  SELL  PROPERTY. 

This  matter  came  on  to  be  heard  upon  the  joint  application  of  The 
Lisbon  Oil  and  Gas  Company  and  The  Pennsylvania  and  Ohio  Gas  and 


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Oil  Company;  the  evidence,  and  the  exhibits.  After  due  consideration 
of  the  pleadings,  the  evidence  and  the  exhibits,  the  Commission  is  satis- 
fied that  the  prayer  of  said  petition  should  be  granted.  It  is,  therefore,. 

Ordered,  That  The  Pennsylvania  and  Ohio  Gas  and  Oil  Company 
be,  and  it  is,  hereby,  authorized  to  sell  and  convey  to  The  Lisbon  Oil 
and  Gas  Company  certain  of  its  property,  fully  set  out  in  a copy  of  an 
agreement  attached  to  said  petition  and  marked  Exhibit  “A”;  and  the 
said  The  Lisbon  Oil  and  Gas  Company  is  authorized  to  purchase  said 
property,  and  to  pay  therefor  the  agreed  sum  of  Six  Thousand 
($6,000.00)  Dollars,  in  the  manner  set  out  in  said  contract.  It  is 
further, 

Ordered,  That  the  Authority  herein  granted  may  be  exercised  on 
and  after  this  date. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  23rd  day  of  February,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The 
Home  Telephone  Company  and  the 
Central  Union  Telephone  Company  for 
the  Consent  and  Approval  of  the  Com- 
mission for  the  Purchase  of  Certain 
Property  of  the  Central  Union  Tele- 
phone Company  by  Tfie  Home  Tele- 
phone Company  and  for  a Connecting 
Arrangement  for  an  Exchange  of  Serv- 
ice Between  the  Applicants. 


Formal  No.  109. 


This  matter  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing  upon  the  joint  peti- 
tion of  The  Home  Telephone  Company  of  Waverly,  Ohio,  and  the 
Central  Union  Telephone  Company,  the  evidence  and  the  exhibits;  and 
the  Commission,  being  fully  advised  in  the  premises,  is  satisfied  the 
prayer  of  said  petition  should  be  granted.  It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Central  Union  Telephone  Company  be, 
and  it  is,  hereby,  authorized  to  sell  to  said  The  Home  Telephone  Com- 
pany certain  of  its  property  used  in  local  service,  and  fully  set  out  in  a 
bill  of  sale  attached  to  the  petition  herein  and  marked  exhibit  “A”,  and 
made  a part  of  this  order  by  reference;  and  said  The  Home  Telephone 
Company  is,  hereby,  authorized  to  purchase  said  property  and  to  pay 
therefor  the  agreed  sum  of  Six  Hundred  and  Seventy-One  Dollars  and 
twenty-eight  cents  ($671.28).  It  is  further, 


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Ordered,  That  said  The  Home  Telephone  Company  and  the  said 
The  Central  Union  Telephone  Company  be,  and  they  are,  hereby,  au- 
thorized to  form  connection  and  interchange  service  in  the  manner  and 
for  the  purposes  set  out  in  said  petition.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  authority  herein  granted  may  be  exercised  on 
and  after  this  date. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  eighth  day  of  February,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Investigation  of  the  1 
Management  and  Operation  of  The 
Harrison  Light  and  Fuel  Company  L Formal  No.  no. 
With  Respect  to  the  Adequacy  and  Ac- 
commodation Afforded  by  its  Service. 

This  case  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing,  and  it  appearing  that 
the  complaint  arose  from  the  neglect  and  refusal  of  said  company  to  give 
preference  to  domestic  users  of  gas  in  times  of  shortage  in  supply;  and 
it  further  appearing  that  said  company  has  now  filed  its  schedule  of  rates 
providing  that  domestic  consumers  will  be  first  supplied  should  the  vol- 
ume of  gas  at  any  time  be  found  to  be  insufficient  for  all  consumers, 
this  case  is,  therefore,  dismissed. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  eighth  day  of  February,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The" 
Scott  Home  Telephone  Company  and 
The  Central  Union  Telephone  Com-  l 
pany  for  Approval  of  Contract  for  Con-  | 

NECTION  AND  EXCHANGE  OF  SERVICE. 


Formal  No. 


in. 


This  matter  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing  upon  the  joint  peti- 
tion of  The  Scott  Home  Telephone  Company,  of  Scott,  Ohio,  and  the 
Central  Union  Telephone  Company,  the  evidence  and  the  exhibits;  and 
the  Commission,  being  fully  advised  in  the  premises,  is  satisfied  that  the 
prayer  of  said  petition  should  be  granted.  It  is,  therefore, 


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Ordered,  That  said  The  Scott  Home  Telephone  Company  and  the 
Central  Union  Telephone  Company  be,  and  they  are,  hereby,  authorized 
to  form  connection  and  interchange  service  in  the  manner  ana  for  the 
purposes  set  out  in  said  petition.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  authority  herein  granted  may  be  exercised  on 
and  after  this  date. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  February  §th,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Joint  Application  of  > 

The  Sycamore  Telephone  Company,  a 

Corporation,  and  the  Sycamore  Tele-  [^Formal  No.  112. 

phone  Company,  a Partnership,  for  Au-  i 

THORITY  TO  PURCHASE  AND  SELL  PROPERTY. 


This  matter  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing  upon  the  joint  peti- 
tion of  The  Sycamore  Telephone  Company,  a partnership,  and  The 
Sycamore  Telephone  Company,  a corporation  organized  under  the  laws 
of  Ohio,  the  evidence  and  the  exhibits. 

After  considering  the  pleadings,  hearing  the  evidence,  examining 
the  exhibits,  and  making  such  further  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the 
Commission  deemed  proper,  and  it  appearing  that  the  amount  to  be  paid 
by  The  Sycamore  Telephone  Company,  a corporation,  to  the  Sycamore 
Telephone  Company,  a partnership,  for  the  property  described  in  the 
petition  and  the  exhibits  attached  thereto,  is  greatly  in  excess  of  the 
value  df  said  property,  the  Commission  is  satisfied  that  the  prayer  of  said 
petition  should  not  be  granted.  It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  said  case  be,  and  the  same  is,  hereby,  dismissed. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  February,  27th,  1912. 


§7 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The 
Fayetteville  Telephone  Company  and 
The  Central  Union  Telephone  Com- 
pany for  the  Consent  and  Approval  of 
the  Purchase  of  Certain  Property  of 
The  Central  Union  Telephone  Com- 
pany by  The  Fayetteville  Telephone 
Company  and  for  a Connecting  Ar- 
rangement for  an  Exchange  of  Service 
Between  the  Applicants. 


>- Formal  No. 


122. 


This  matter  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing  upon  the  joint  peti- 
tion of  The  Fayetteville  Telephone  Company,  of  Fayetteville,  Ohio,  and 
the  Central  Union  Telephone  Company,  the  evidence  and  the  exhibits ; 
and  the  Commission,  being  fully  advised  in  the  premises,  is  satisfied  that 
the  prayer  of  said  petition  should  be  granted.  It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Central  Union  Telephone  Company  be, 
and  it  is,  hereby,  authorized  to  sell  certain  of  its  property  used  in  local 
service  located  in  Perry  Township,  Brown  County,  Ohio,  and  fully  set 
out  in  a bill  of  sale  attached  to  the  petition  and  marked  exhibit  “A”, 
and  made  a part  of  this  order  by  reference;  and  said  The  Fayetteville 
Telephone  Company  is,  hereby,  authorized  to  purchase  said  property 
and  to  pay  therefor  the  agreed  sum  of  Two  Hundred  Dollars  ($200.00). 
It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Fayetteville  Telephone  Company  and  the 
Central  Union  Telephone  Company  be,  and  they  are,  hereby,  authorized 
to  form  connection  and  interchange  service  in  the  manner  and  for  the 
purpose  set  out  in  said  petition.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  authority  herein  granted  may  be  exercised  on 
and  after  this  date. 

Dated  at  Columbus',  Ohio,  this  eighth  day  of  February,  1912. 


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Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The^) 

New  Concord  Telephone  Company  for  I _ , 

Authority  to  Issue  $600.00  Capital  C 0 

Stock. 

ENTRY  OF  DISMISSAL. 

Upon  the  application  of  The  New  Concord  Telephone  Company,  this 
case  is  hereby  dismissed. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twenty-seventh  day  of  February,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The^ 

New  Concord  Telephone  Company  for  _ , XT 

* t y normal  No.  124. 

Approval  of  an  Increase  of  Charges  for  f 

its  Service. 


ENTRY  OF  DISMISSAL. 

Upon  the  application  of  The  New  Concord  Telephone  Company 
this  case  is  hereby  dismissed. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twenty-seventh  day  of  February,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  oe  the  Joint  Application  of  > 
The  Brown  Independent  Telephone 
Company  and  the  Central  Union  Tele- 
phone Company  for  Approval  of  the 
Purchase  of  Certain  Property  of  the 
Central  Union  Telephone  Company  by 
the  Brown  County  Independent  Tele- 
phone Company  and  for  a Connecting 
Arrangement  for  an  Exchange  of  Serv- 
ice Between  Applicants. 


Formal  No.  125. 


This  matter  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing  upon  the  joint  peti- 
tion of  the  Brown  County  Independent  Telephone  Company  and  the 
Central  Union  Telephone  Company,  the  evidence  and  the  exhibits : 


After  due  consideration  of  the  pleadings,  the  evidence  and  the  ex- 
hibits, and  it  appearing  that  no  increase  in  rates  or  curtailments  of  ser- 
vice on  the  part  of  either  of  said  companies  will  result  therefrom,  the 
Commission  is  satisfied  that  the  prayer  of  said  petition  should  be  grant- 
ed. It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  the  said  the  Central  Union  Telephone  Company  be, 
and  it  is,  hereby,  authorized  to  sell  to  the  said  The  Brown  County  Inde- 
pendent Telephone  Company  certain  of  its  property  used  in  local  service 
in  the  villages  of  Georgetown  and  Russelville,  Ohio,  and  fully  set  out  in 
a bill  of  sale  attached  to  the  petition  herein  marked  exhibit  “A”,  and 
made  a part  of  this  order  by  reference;  and  said  The  Brown  County 
Independent  Telephone  Company,  is  hereby,  authorized  to  purchase  said 
property,  and  to  pay  therefor  the  agreed  price  of  Eight  Thousand,  Three 
Hundred  ($8,300.00)  Dollars.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  said  the  Central  Union  Telephone  Company  and 
The  Brown  County  Independent  Telephone  Company  be,  and  they  are, 
hereby,  authorized  to  form  connection  and  interchange  service  in  the 
manner  and  for  the  purposes  set  forth  in  said  petition.  It  is  further, 
Ordered,  That  the  authority  herein  granted  may  be  exercised  on 
and  after  this  date. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  thirteenth  day  of  February,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The  I 
Brown  County  Independent  Telephone  j 
Company  for  Authority  to  Issue  Formal  No.  126. 
$3>35°-°°  Capital  Stock  and  $4,000.00  I 
Bonds.  J 

The  Brown  County  Independent  Telephone  Company  having,  on 
the  twenty-fifth  day  of  January,  1912,  filed  its  petition  for  authority  to 
issue  its  common  stock  of  the  par  value  of  $3,350.00,  its  first  mortgage 
five  per  cent,  notes  of  the  par  value  of  $4,000.00  and  its  second  mortgage 
six  per  cent,  notes  of  the  par  value  of  $2,000.00,  the  proceeds  to  be  used 
for  the  acquisition  of  property  and  the  extension  and  improvement  of  its 
facilities,  and  the  time  of  hearing  said  matter  having  been  fixed  for 
January  twenty-fifth,  and  due  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of  said  hear- 
ing having  been  given,  and  having  been  heard  in  part  on  said  day,  and 
the  further  hearing  thereof  having  been  continued  from  day  to  day,  the 
same  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing. 


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After  considering  the  pleadings,  hearing  the  evidence,  examining 
the  exhibits  and  making  such  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the  Commission 
deemed  proper,  and  it  appearing  that  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said 
stocks  and  notes  are  to  be  used  for  the  discharge  of  the  lawful  obliga- 
tions of  said  company,  the  Commission  is  satisfied  that  the  prayer  of 
said  petition  should  be  granted.  It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Brown  County  Independent  Telephone 
Company  be,  and  it  is,  hereby,  authorized  to  issue  its  common  stock  of 
the  par  value  of  Three  Thousand,  Three  Hundred  and  Fifty  ($3,350.00) 
Dollars,  its  first  mortgage  five  per  cent.  (5%)  notes  of  the  par  value  of 
Foyr  Thousand  ($4,000.00)  Dollars,  and  its  second  mortgage  six  per 
cent.  (6%)  notes  of  the  par  value  of  Two  Thousand  ($2,000.00)  Dollars, 
and  that  said  stock  and  notes  be  sold  for  the  best  price  obtainable,  and 
not  less  than  the  par  value  thereof ; it  being  the  opinion  and  finding  of 
the  Commission  that  the  money  to  be  secured  from  the  sale  of  said  stock 
and  notes  is  reasonably  required  for  the  proper  purposes  of  said  corpora- 
tion. It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  stock  and 
notes  be  devoted  by  said  The  Brown  County  Independent  Telephone 
Company  to,  and  used  for  the  following  purposes,  and  no  other,  to-wit : 
The  purchase  of  certain  of  the  property  of  the  Central  Union  Telephone 
Company,  fully  set  out  in  a bill  of  sale,  marked  Exhibit  “A”,  attached  to 
the  joint  petition  of  the  said  The  Brown  County  Independent  Telephone 
Company  and  the  Central  Union  Telephone  Company,  filed  with  the 
Commission  on  January  twenty-fifth,  1912,  and  designated  as  Number 
One  Hundred  and  Twenty-five,  which  bill  of  sale  is  made  a part  of 
this  order  by  reference,  and  for  the  improvement  and  extension  of  the 
plant  and  facilities  of  said  The  Brown  County  Independent  Telephone 
Company,  as  fully  set  out  in  the  petition  herein.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Brown  County  Independent  Telephone 
Company  make  verified  report  to  the  Commission  as  follows:  Upon  the 
sale  of  said  stock  and  notes,  or  any  part  thereof,  the  fact  of  such  sale ; 
the  amounts  realized  therefrom,  which  shall  be  the  best  price  obtainable 
and  which  shall  not  be  less  than  the  par  value  of  said  stock  and  notes; 
at  the  termination  of  each  and  every  period  of  three  (3)  months  from 
the  date  of  this  order,  the  disposition  and  use  made  of  the  proceeds  of 
the  sale  of  said  stock  and  notes,  setting  forth,  in  reasonable  detail,  the 
purposes  to  which  the  proceeds  have  been  devoted,  and  that  such  report 
be  made  until  all  the  proceeds  of  said  stock  and  notes  have  been  ex- 
pended pursuant  to  this  order. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  13th  of  February,  1912. 


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Before  The  . 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Joint  Application  of  " 
The  Gratiot  and  Brownsville  Tele- 
phone Company  and  the  Central  Union 
Telephone  Company  for  Approval  of 
Contract  for  Connection  and  Ex- 
change of  Service.  J 


y Formal  No.  127. 


This  matter  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing  upon  the  joint  peti- 
tion of  The  Gratiot  and  Brownsville  Telephone  Company  and  the  Cen- 
tral Union  Telephone  Company,  the  evidence  and  the  exhibits. 

After  considering  the  pleadings,  the  evidence  and  the  exhibits,  and 
it  appearing  that  no  increase  in  rates  nor  diminution  of  service  will  result 
therefrom,  the  Commission  is  satisfied  that  the  prayer  of  said  petition 
should  be  granted.  It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  the  said  The  Gratiot  and  Brownsville  Telephone 
Company  and  the  said  Central  Union  Telephone  Company  be,  and  they 
are,  hereby,  authorized  to  form  connection  and  interchange  service  in  the 
manner  and  for  the  purpose  set  out  in  said  petition.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  authority  herein  granted  may  be  executed  on 
and  after  this  date. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  eighth  day  of  March,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  Nor-  " 
folk  and  Western  Railway  Company 
for  an  Order  Authorizing  Said  Corpo- 
ration to  Issue  . $14,320,000.00  Con- 
vertible Debenture  Bonds  and  Capital 
Stock  for  The  Conversion  Thereof. 

This  thirtieth  day  of  January,  1912,  the  application  of  the  Norfolk 
and  Western  Railway  Company,  filed  January  twenty-ninth,  1912,  under 
sections  56  et  sequitur  of  the  Public  Service  Commission  Act  of  Ohio, 
passed  May  thirty-first,  1911.  for  an  order  authorizing  the  applicant, 
Norfolk  and  Western  Railway  Company,  to  issue  not  exceeding  $14,320,- 
000.00  of  convertible  debenture  bonds  of  the  said  company  bearing  in- 
terest at  lour  per  centum  per  annum,  and  also  the  common  capital  stock 


^Formal  No.  128. 


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to  be  delivered  in  lieu  of  or  in  effecting  the  conversion  of  such  con- 
vertible debenture  bonds,  for  the  purposes  set  forth  in  th$  said  applica- 
tion came  on  for  hearing;  and  the  Commission,  having  examined  such, 
witnesses,  books,  papers,  accounts  and  reports,  and  having  made  such 
inquiries  and  investigations  as  deemed  proper  and  necessary,  and  it  ap- 
pearing that  part  of  the  proceeds  of  said  issue  is  to  be  expended  in  the 
State  of  Ohio  and  that  a portion  of  the  said  capital  to  be  secured  thereby 
has  been  e nd  is  to  be  expended  in  the  State  of  Ohio,  and  being  of  opinion 
that  the  use  of  the  capital  to  be  secured  by  the  issue  of  said  bonds  and 
of  the  common  capital  stock  to  be  delivered  in  lieu  of  or  in  effecting 
such  conversion  herein  authorized  is  reasonably  required  for  the  ac- 
quisition of  property,  for  the  construction,  completion,  extension  or  im- 
provement of  its  facilities,  for  the  improvement  or  maintenance  of  its 
service,  for  the  discharge  or  lawful  refunding  of  its  obligations  and 
for  the  reimbursement  of  moneys  actually  expended  from  income  and 
othe~  moneys  in  the  treasury  of  the  company  not  secured  from  the  issue 
of  srocks,  bonds,  notes,  or  other  evidences  of  indebtedness  of  said  com- 
pany, gives  its  consent  and  authority  that  said  bonds  may  be  issued, 
and : 

IT  IS,  HEREBY,  ORDERED: 

1st.  That  the  applicant,  the  Norfolk  and  Western  Railway  Com- 
pany, be,  and  it  is,  hereby,  authorized  to  issue  its  convertible  debenture 
bonds  not  to  exceed  Fourteen  Million,  Three  Hundred  and  Twenty 
Thousand  Dollars  ($14,320,000.00),  to  be  dated  September  third,  1912, 
maturing  September  first,  1932,  bearing  interest  at  the  rate  of  four  per 
centum  per  annum,  convertible  at  the  option  of  the  holder  at  any  time 
before  September  first,  1922,  into  paid  up  shares  of  the  same  par  value 
of  the  company’s  common  capital  stock ; the  privilege  of  subscribing  to 
which  bonds  at  par  is  to  be  given  to  all  the  holders  of  the  capital  stock 
of  the  company  for  an  amount  of  said  bonds  equal  to  twelve  and  one- 
half  per  centum  of  their  holdings  of  the  company’s  stock  as  registered  at 
the  close  of  business  January  thirty-first,  1912,  and  any  bonds  not  taken 
by  the  stockholders  pursuant  to  such  offer  to  be  sold  at  the  best  price 
obtainable  and  not  less  than  ninety-seven  (97)  per  centum  of  the  par 
value  thereof ; and  the  Norfolk  and  Western  Railway  Company  be,  and 
it  is  also,  hereby,  authorized  to  issue  shares  of  its  common  capital  stock 
to  be  delivered  in  lieu  of  or  in  effecting  the  conversion  of  such  con- 
vertible debenture  bonds. 

2nd.  That  the  purposes  to  which  the  said  issue  or  the  proceeds 
thereof  shall  be  applied,  are  the  acquisition  of  property,  the  construc- 
tion, completion,  extension  or  improvement  of  facilities,  the  improve- 
ment or  maintenance  of  the  service,  the  discharge  or  lawful  refunding 
of  obligations  and  the  reimbursement  of  moneys  actually  expended  from 
income  and  other  moneys  in  the  treasury  of  the  company,  all  as  particu- 


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larly  specified  in  the  application  of  said  company  for  this  authorization, 
filed  with  this  Commission  on  the  twenty-ninth  day  of  January,  1912. 

Any  proceeds  of  this  issue  of  bonds  which  shall  not  be  needed  to 
defray  the  estimated  cost  of  any  class  of  expenditures  stated  in  the  ap- 
plication may  be  applied  to  the  payment  of  any  excess  of  cost  of  any 
other  of  the  said  classes  of  expenditures  above  the  estimated  cost  there- 
of. 

3rd.  That  the  applicant  shall,  on  or  before  January  first,  1913, 
make  verified  reports  to  this  Commission,  as  follows:  (a)  The  amount 
of  said  bonds  subscribed  by  the  holders  of  the  capital  stock  of  the  com- 
pany; (b)  the  amount  of  said  bonds  not  subscribed  by  the  stockholders 
and  offered  to  be  sold  by  the  company;  (c)  the  terms  and  conditions  of 
the  sale  of  the  bonds  not  subscribed  by  the  holders  of  the  capital  stock  of 
the  company,  and  the  amounts  realized  therefrom;  (d)  on  or  before 
January  first,  1913,  and  at  the  termination  of  each  and  every  period  of 
six  months  thereafter,  the  disposition  and  use  made  of  the  proceeds  of 
the  bonds,  setting  forth,  in  reasonable  detail,  the  purposes  to  which  the 
proceeds  have  been  devoted,  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  this  order, 
and  that  such  reports  shall  be  made  until  all  the  proceeds  of  said  bonds 
have  been  expended  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  this  order. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Joint  Application  of 
The  Botkins  Telephone  Company  and 
The  Central  Union  Telephone  Com- 
pany for  Approval  of  Contract  for  Con- 
nection and  Exchange  of  Service. 


^Formal  No. 


131- 


This  matter  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing  upon  the  joint  peti- 
tion of  The  Botkins  Telephone  Company  and  the  Central  Union  Tele- 
phone Company,  the  evidence' and  the  exhibits;  and  the  Commission, 
being  fully  advised  in  the  premises,  is  satisfied  that  the  prayer  of  said 
petition  should  be  granted.  It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Botkins  Telephone  Company  and  the  Cen- 
tral Union  Telephone  Company,  be,  and  they  are,  hereby,  authorized  to 
form  connection  and  interchange  service  in  the  manner  and  for  the  pur- 
poses set  out  in  said  petition.  It  is,  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  authority  herein  granted  may  be  exercised  on 
and  after  this  date. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twenty-third  day  of  February,  1912. 


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Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  The^ 

Salem  Electric  Light  and  Power  Com- 
pany for  Approval  by  the  Commission  . 
of  Minimum  Charge  Sliding  Scale  and  j orma  °*  1 32' 
Classifications  of  Service  for  Electric  j 
Service  in  Salem,  Ohio.  J 

The  minimum  charge,  sliding  scale  and  classification  of  service  in 
the  revised  schedule  of  rates  for  electric  service  by  The  Salem  Electric 
Light  and  Power  Company  of  Salem,  Ohio,  offered  for  filing  January 
31st,  are  hereby  approved  and  ordered  filed,  to  become  effective  March 
1st,  1912. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  January  31st,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  matter  of  the  application  of  The^I 
Northern  Ohio  Traction^  and  Light  j 
Company  for  authority  to  issue  $2,000,-  Formal  No.  134. 

000.00  PAR  VALUE,  CUMULATIVE  PREFERRED  | 

CAPITAL  STOCK.  J 

The  Northern  Ohio  "Traction  and  Light  Company,  a corporation  in- 
corporated and  organized  under  the  laws  of  Ohio,  having,  on  the  second 
day  of  February,  1912,  filed  its  petition  for  authority  to  issue  its  cumula- 
tive preferred  capital  stock  of  the  par  value  of  Two  Million  Dollars,  the 
proceeds  to  be  used  for  the  acquisition  of  property,  and  construction, 
completion,  extension  and  improvement  of  its  facilities,  as  fully  set  out 
in  Exhibits  “A”,  “B”,  “C”,  and  “D”  attached  to  said  petition,  and  the 
hearing  of  said  matter  having  been  fixed  for  February  nineteenth,  1912, 
at  two  o’clock  p.  m.,  and  having  been  heard  in  part  on  said  day  and  the 
further  hearing  thereof  having  been  continued  from  day  to  day,  and 
said  company  having,  on  the  eighth  day  of  March,  1912,  filed  its  amend- 
ed petition  reducing  the  amount  to  be  expended  for  the  purposes  therein 
set  out  from  Two  Million,  Nine  Hundred  and  Eleven  Thousand,  Six 
Hundred  and  Twenty-Eight  Dollars  and  two  cents  to  Two  Million, 
Thirty-Nine  Thousand.  Six  Hundred  and  Twenty  Dollars,  said  matter 
came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing  upon  the  amended  petition,  the  evi- 
dence and  the  exhibits. 


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After  considering  the  pleadings,  hearing  the  evidence,  examining  the 
exhibits,  listening  to  the  arguments  of  counsel  and  making  such  further 
inquiry  and  investigation  as  the  Commission  deemed  proper,  and  it  ap- 
pearing that  the  improvements,  extensions  and  betterments  contemplated 
by  the  petitioner,  as  fully  set  out  in  said  exhibits,  are  proper  and  neces- 
sary for  the  maintenance  and  extension  of  petitioner’s  service,  and  that 
the  whole  and  each  and  every  part  thereof  should  be  made,  the  Commis- 
sion is  satisfied  that  a portion  of  the  necessary  expenditures  in  making 
said  improvements,  extensions  and  betterments  to  its  property  should 
be  raised  by  the  sale  of  its  said  cumulative  preferred  capital  stock.  It  is, 
therefore, 

Ordered,  That  The  Northern  Ohio  Traction  and  Light  Company 
be  and  it  hereby  is  authorized  to  sell  its  cumulative  preferred  capital 
stock  of  the  par  value  of  One  Million,  Six  Hundred  and  Forty  Thousand 
Dollars  ($1,640,000.00),  and  that  said  stock  be  sold  for  the  best  price 
obtainable  and  at  not  less  than  the  par  value  thereof,  it  being  the  opin- 
ion and  finding  of  the  Commission  that  the  money  to  be  secured  from 
the  sale  of  said  cumulative  preferred  capital  stock  is  reasonably  required 
for  the  proper  purposes  of  said  corporation.  It  is  further 

Ordered,  That  the  said  The  Northern  Ohio  Traction  and  Light 
Conipany  devote  not  less  than  Three  Hundred  and  Sixty  Thousand 
Dollars  ($360,000.00)  in  addition  to  the  amounts  raised  by  the  sale  of 
its  said  cumulative  preferred  capital  stock,  to  the  acquisition  of  property 
and  the  making  of  improvements,  extensions  and  betterments,  as  set  out 
in  said  petition  and  the  exhibits  attached  thereto,  and  that  said  sum  of 
Three  Hundred  and  Sixty  Thousand  Dollars  be  secured  and  obtained 
either  from  an  assessment  upon  the  holders  of  the  common  stock  of 
said  company,  or  that  said  sum  be  taken  from  the  surplus  earnings  of 
said  company  which  otherwise,  except  for  the  provisions  of  this  order, 
would  be  devoted  to  the  payment  of  dividends  upon  said  common  stock. 
It  is  further 

Ordered,  That  upon  the  completion  of  the  power  plants  now  under 
construction  and  to  be  constructed  by  said  company,  as  set  out  in  said 
petition  and  the  exhibits  attached  thereto,  that  the  original  cost  of  the 
power  plants  now  in  use,  amounting  to  the  sum  of  Three  Hundred  and 
Twenty-Two  Thousand  Dollars  ($322,000.00),  be  deducted  from  the 
capital  obligations  of  said  company  by  the  redemption  of  bonds  of  the 
par  value  of  Three  Hundred  and  Twenty-Two  Thousand  Dollars,  due 
and  payable  at  the  time  said  new  power  plants'  are  completed  or  that, 
if  no  stfch  bonds  are  due  and  payable  at  said  time,  that  said  sum  of 
• Three  Hundred  and  Twenty-Two  Thousand  Dollars  be  set  aside  and 
devoted  to  the  redemption  of  said  bonds  of  the  par  value  of  Three  Hun- 
dred and  Twenty-Two  Thousand  Dollars  when  the  same  shall  fall  due 
and  become  payable.  It  is.  further 


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Ordered,  That  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  cumula- 
tive preferred  capital  stock  of  the  par  value  of  One  Million,  Six  Hundred 
and  Forty  Thousand  Dollars  and  said  sum  of  Three  Hundred  and  Sixty 
Thousand  Dollars  obtained  from  an  assessment  upon  the  holders  of  the 
common  stock  of  said  company  or  taken  from  the  surplus  earnings  of 
said  company  which  otherwise  would  be  used  in  the  payment  of  dividends 
upon  said  common  stock,  be  devoted  by  the  said  The  Northern  Ohio 
Traction  and  Light  Company  to  the  following  purposes,  and  no  other,, 
to-wit : 


For  the  construction  and  equipment  of  a power  plant.  $1,500,000  00 
For  double  tracking  the  Akron,  Bedford  and  Cleve- 
land Division  of  interurban  railway  between  Chit- 
tenden’s station  and  Fell’s  station,  and  between 
'the  northerly  limits  of  Bedford  and  the  south- 
erly limits  of  Newburg,  in  all  a distance  of  ten 

and  one-tenths  miles  > 410,000  00 

For  the  construction  of  car  barns  and  the  construction 

and  equipment  of  car  shops  in  South  Akron....  250,000  00 
For  the  purchase  of  thirty-five  city  cars,  fifteen  inter- 
urban cars  and  two  derrick  cars 350,000  00 

$2:510,000  00 

Less  amounts  credited  as  follows : 


Amount  expended  on  power  plant  to  December  31 , 

1911  320,380  00 

The  abandonment  of  seven  and  one-half  miles  of 
single  track  on  the  Akron,  Bedford  and  Cleve- 
land Division  now  located  on  public  highway  and 
to  be  charged  from  income 150,000  00 


$470,380  00 

Total  expenditure  for  the  acquisition  of  property, 
improvements,  extensions  and  betterments  under 

this  order  $2,039,620  00 

It  is  further 

Ordered,  That  the  said  The  Northern  Ohio  'Traction  and  Light 
Company  make  verified  report  to  the  Commission  as  follows:  Upon  the 
sale  of  said  cumulative  preferred  capital  stock,  or  any  part  thereof,  the 
fact  of  such  sale  and  the  amounts  realized  therefrom,  which  shall  be  the 
largest  amounts  obtainable  and  shall  not  be  less  than  the  par  value  of 
said  stock;  at  the  termination  of  each  and  every  period  of  six  (6) 
months  from  the  date  of  this  order,  the  disposition  and  use  made  of  the 
proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said  stock  of  said  company,  and  use  made  of 
the  amount  obtained  from  an  assessment  upon  the  holders  of  the  com- 
mon stock  of  said  company  or  from  the  surplus  earnings  of  said  com- 
pany as  herein  set  out,  setting  forth  in  reasonable  detail  the  purposes 
to  which  said  sums  of  money  have  been  devoted,  and  that  such  report 


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be  made  until  all  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said  stock  and  the  amount 
obtained  from  an  assessment  upon  the  holders  of  the  common  stock  or 
taken  from  the  surplus  earnings  of  said  company  have  been  expended 
pursuant  to  this  order.  It  is  further 

Ordered,  That  when  the  said  power  plants  now  under  construction 
and  to  be  constructed,  as  set  out  in  said  exhibits,  are  completed,  that 
said  fact  be  reported  to  the  Commission,  together  with  a report  of  the 
action  of  said  company  in  reducing  its  capital  obligations  by  reason 
thereof,  as  herein  required.  It  is  further 

Ordered,  That  all  the  provisions  of  this  order  and  all  the  parts 
thereof  be  considered  interdependent,  and  not  separable  at  the  option  of 
said  company. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twenty-third  of  April,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In 


THE  MATTER  OF  THE  JOINT  APPLICATION  OF 

The  Wellington  Telephone  Company 
and  the  Central  Union  Telephone 
Company  for  the  consent  and  approval 
of  the  Commission  for  the  purchase  of 

CERTAIN  PROPERTY  OF  THE  CENTRAL  UNION 

Telephone  Company,  and  for  a connect- 
ing ARRANGEMENT  FOR  AN  EXCHANGE  OF 
SERVICE  BETWEEN  THE  APPLICANTS. 


► Formal  No.  135. 


This  matter  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing  upon  the  joint  peti- 
tion of  The  Wellington  Telephone  Company,  located  at  Wellington,  Ohio, 
and  the  Central  Union  Telephone  Company,  the  evidence  and  the  ex- 
hibits. After  due  consideration  of  the  pleadings,  the  evidence  and  the 
exhibits,  and  it  appearing  that  no  increase  in  rates  nor  curtailment  of 
service  will  result  therefrom,  the  Commission  is  satisfied  that  the  prayer 
of  said  petition  should  be  granted.  It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Central  Union  Telephone  Company,  be  and 
it  is,  hereby,  authorized  to  sell  to  the  said  The  Wellington  Telephone 
Company  certain  of  its  property  used  in  local  service  in  the  village  of 
Wellington,  Ohio,  and  its  toll  circuit  from  Wellington  to  Nova,  the  same 
being  fully  set  out  in  a bill  of  sale  attached  to  the  petition  herein  and 
marked  Exhibit  “A”,  and  made  a part  of  this  order  by  reference;  and 
said  The  Wellington  Telephone  Company  is  hereby,  authorized  to  pur- 
chase said  property  and  to  pay  therefor  the  sum  of  Five  Thousand 
($5,000.00)  Dollars.  It  is  further, 


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Ordered,  That  said  The  Wellington  Telephone  Company  and  the 
said  Central  Union  Telephone  Company  be,  and  they  are,  hereby,  au- 
thorized to  form  connection  and  interchange  service  in  the  manner  and 
for  the  purposes  set  out  in  said  petition.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  authority  herein  granted  may  be  exercised  on 
and  after  this  date. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twelfth  day  of  March,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  matter  of  the  application  of  The" 

Wellington  Telephone  Company  for 

authority  to  issue  $3,500.00  capital  j Formal  No.  137. 

STOCK. 

The  Wellington  Telephone  Company,  a corporation  duly  organized 
under  the  laws  of  Ohio,  having,  on  the  sixth  day  of  March, *1912,  filed 
its  petition  for  authority  to  issue  Three  Thousand,  Five  Hundred  Dol- 
lars par  value  of  its  common  stock,  the  proceeds  to  be  used  for  the  im- 
provement, extension  and  betterment  of  its  plant  and  property,  and  the 
time  for  hearing  said,  matter  having  been  fixed  for  March  fourteenth, 
1912,  at  three  o’clock  p.  m.,  and  due  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of 
said  hearing  having  been  given,  and  having  been  heard  in  part  on  said 
day  and  the  further  hearing  thereof  having  been  continued  from  day  to 
day,  the  same  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing.  After  considering  the 
pleadings,  hearing  the  evidence,  examining  the  exhibits  and  making  such 
inquiry  and  investigation  as  the  Commission  deemed  proper,  and  it  ap- 
pearing that  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said  stock  are  to  be  used  in  the 
discharge  of  the  lawful  obligations  of  said  company,  and  it  appearing 
further,  that  One  Thousand  Dollars,  par  value,  of  said  stock  has  here- 
tofore, to-wit:  prior  to  July  first,  1911,  been  pledged  to  The  First  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Wellington,  Ohio,  as  security  for  a loan  of  One  Thousand 
Dollars  to  said  The  Wellington  Telephone  Company,  and  that  said  bank 
desires  to  exercise  its  option  to  retain  said  stock  in  liquidation  of  said 
note,  the  Commission  is  satisfied  that  the  prayer  of  said  petition,  insofar 
as  it  relates  to  the  issue  and  sale  of  stock  of  the  par  value  of  Two 
Thousand,  Five  Hundred  Dollars,  should  be  granted.  It  is,  therefore, 
Ordered,  That  the  said,  The  Wellington  Telephone  Company  be,  and 
it  is,  hereby,  authorized  to  issue  its  common  stock  of  the  par  value  of 
Two  Thousand,  Five  Hundred  Dollars  ($2,500.00),  and  that  said  stock 
be  sold  at  the  best  price  obtainable  and  not  less  than  the  par  value  thereof, 
it  being  the  opinion  and  finding  of  the  Commission  that  the  money  to 


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be  secured  from  the  sale  of  said  stock  is  reasonably  required  for  the 
proper  purposes  of  said  corporation.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  stock  be 
devoted  by  said  The  Wellington  Telephone  Company  to,  and  used  for  the 
following  purposes  and  no  other,  to-wit : in  payment  of  obligations  for 
improvements,  extension  and  betterments,  and  in  the  installation  of  a 
new  switchboard,  as  fully  set  out  in  an  inventory,  or  appraisal,  of  said 
property  introduced  into  the  record  as  Exhibit  “A”,  and  made  a part  of 
this  order  by  reference.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Wellington  Telephone  Company  make  veri- 
fied report  to  the  Commission  as  follows : Upon  the  sale  of  said  stock, 
or  any  part  thereof,  the  fact  of  such  sale  and  amounts  realized  there- 
from, which  shall  be  the  best  price  obtainable  and  which  shall  not  be 
less  than  the  par  value  of  said  stock;  at  the  termination  of  each  and 
every  period  of  three  (3)  months  from  the  date  of  this  order,  the  dis- 
position and  use  made  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said  stock,  setting 
forth  in  reasonable  detail,  the  purposes  to  which  the  proceeds  have  been 
devoted,  and  that  such  report  be  made  until  all  the  proceeds  of  said 
stock  have  been  expended  pursuant  to  this  order. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  ninth  of  April,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  matter  of  the  joint  application  of  ^ 
The  Kenton  Telephone  Company  and 
the  Central  Union  Telephone  Company 

FOR  THE  CONSENT  AND  APPROVAL  OF  THE 

Commission  for  the  purchase  of  certain 

PROPERTY  OF  THE  CENTRAL  UNION  TELE- 
PHONE Company  by  The  Kenton  Tele- 
phone Company  and  for  a connecting 

ARRANGEMENT  FOR  AN  EXCHANGE  OF  SER- 
VICE BETWEEN  THE  APPLICANTS. 


Formal 


No 


138. 


This  matter  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing  upon  the  joint  peti- 
tion of  The  Kenton  Telephone  Company  and  the  Central  Union  Tele- 
phone Company,  the  evidence  and  the  exhibits.  After  due  consideration 
of  the  pleadings,  the  evidence  and  the  exhibits,  and  it  appearing  that  no 
increases  in  rates  or  curtailment  of  service  on  the  part  of  either  of  said 
companies  will  result  therefrom,  the  Commission  is  satisfied  that  the 
prayer  of  said  petition  should  be  granted.  It  is,  therefore, 


IOO 


Ordered,  That  the  said  Central  Union  Telephone  Company  be,  and 
it  is,  hereby,  authorized  to  sell  to  the  said  The  Kenton  Telephone  Com- 
pany certain  of  its  property  used  in  local  service  in  the  city  of  Kenton, 
Ohio,  and  fully  set  out  in  the  bill  of  sale  attached  to  the  petition  herein 
and  marked  Exhibit  “A”,  and  made  a part  of  this  order  by  reference ; 
and  the  said  The  Kenton  Telephone  Company  is,  hereby,  authorized  to 
purchase  said  property  and  to  pay  therefor  the  agreed  price  of  Four 
Thousand  ($4,000.00)  Dollars.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Kenton  Telephone  Company  and  Central 
Union  Telephone  Company  be,  and  they  are,  hereby,  authorized  to  form 
connection  and  interchange  service  in  the  manner  and  for  the  purposes 
set  out  in  said  petition.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  authority  herein  granted  may  be  exercised  on 
and  after  this  date. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  28th  of  February,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  matter  of  the  application  of  The 
Kenton  Telephone  Company  for  the 

CONSENT  AND  APPROVAL  OF  THE  COMMIS- 
SION FOR  THE  ISSUANCE  OF  $22,400.00  COM- 
MON STOCK  OF  THE  COMPANY  TO  PROVIDE 
THE  COMPANY  WITH  FUNDS  TO  DISCHARGE 
$18,400.00  OF  ITS  BILLS  PAYABLE  AND  TO 
PURCHASE  THE  KENTON  EXCHANGE  PROPER- 
TY of  the  Central  Union  Telephone 
Company  at  a price  of  $4,000.00. 


^Formal  No.  139. 


The  Kenton  Telephone  Company  having,  on  the  fifth  day  of  Febru- 
ary, 1912,  filed  its  petition  for  authority  to  issue  its  common  stock  of 
the  par  value  of  $22,400.00  for  the  purpose  of  discharging  $18,400.00 
of  its  bills  payable,  incurred  in  the  extension,  improvement  and  better- 
ment of  its  plant,  and  of  paying  the  Central  Union  Telephone  Company 
$4,000.00  for  certain  property  authorized  to  be  purchased  by  Order 
Number  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-eight  of  this  Commission,  and  the 
time  of  hearing  said  matter  having  been  fixed  for  February  twenty- 
third,  1912,  at  two  o’clock  p.  m.,  and  due  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of 
said  hearing  having  been  given,  and  having  been  heard  in  part  on  said 
day,  and  the  further  hearing  thereof  having  been  continued  from  day  to 
day,  the  same  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing. 


IOI 


After  considering  the  pleadings,  hearing  the  evidence,  examining 
the  exhibits  and  making  such  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the  Commis- 
sion deemed  proper,  and  it  appearing  that  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of 
said  stock  are  to  be  used  for  the  discharge  of  the  lawful  obligations 
of  said  company,  the  Commission  is  satisfied  that  the  prayer  of  said  peti- 
tion should  be  granted.  It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Kenton  Telephone  Company  be,  and  it  is, 
hereby  authorized  to  issue  its  common  stock  of  the  par  value  of  Twenty- 
two  Thousand,  Four  Hundred  ($22,400.00)  Dollars,  and  that  said  stock 
be  sold  for  the  best  price  obtainable  and  not  less  than  the  par  value 
thereof,  it  being  the  opinion  and  finding  of  the  Commission  that  the 
money  to  be  secured  from  the  sale  of  said  stock  is  reasonably  required 
for  the  proper  purposes  of  said  corporation.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  stock  be 
devoted  by  said  The  Kenton  Telephone  Company  to  and  used  for  the 
following  purposes,  and  no  other,  to-wit:  For  the  purpose  of  discharg- 
ing Eighteen  Thousand,  Four  Hundred  ($18,400.00)  Dollars  of  its  bills 
payable,  incurred  in  the  extension,  improvement  and  betterment  of  its 
plant,  and  paying  the  Central  Union  Telephone  Company  Four  Thousand 
($4,000.00)  Dollars  for  certain  property  authorized  to  be  purchased  by 
Order  Number  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-eight  (138)  of  this  Commis- 
sion. It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Kenton  Telephone  Company  make  verified 
report  to  the  Commission,  as  follows : Upon  the  sale  of  said  stock,  or 
any  part  thereof,  the  fact  of  such  sale,  the  amounts  realized  therefrom, 
which  shall  be  the  best  price  obtainable,  and  which  shall  not  be  less 
than  the  par  value  of  said  stock;  at  the  termination  of  each  and  every 
period  of  three  (3)  months  from  the  date  of  this  order,  the  disposition 
and  use  made  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said  stock,  setting  forth 
in  reasonable  detail  the  purposes  to  which  the  proceeds  have  been  de- 
voted, and  that  such  report  be  made  until  all  the  proceeds  of  said  stock 
have  been  expended  pursuant  to  this  order. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  28th  of  February,  1912. 


102 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In 


THE  MATTER  OF  THE  JOINT  APPLICATION  OF 

The  South  Charleston  Home  Tele- 
phone Company  and  the  Central  Union 
Telephone  Company  for  the  approval 

OF  A CONTRACT  FOR  CONNECTION  AND  EX- 
CHANGE OF  SERVICE,  AND  FOR  THE  PURCHASE 
OF  CERTAIN  PROPERTY  OF  THE  CENTRAL 

Union  Telephone  Company  by  The 
South  Charleston  Home  Telephone 


^Formal  No.  144. 


Company. 


This  matter  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing  upon  the  joint  peti- 
tion of  The  South  Charleston  Home  Telephone  Company  and  the  Cen- 
tral Union  Telephone  Company,  the  evidence  and  the  exhibits.  After 
due  consideration  of  the  pleadings,  the  evidence  and  the  exhibits,  and 
it  appearing  that  no  increase  in  rates  or  dimunition  in  service  will  result 
therefrom,  the  Commission  is  satisfied  that  the  prayer  of  said  petition 
should  be  granted.  It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Central  Union  Telephone  Company  be,  and 
it  is,  hereby,  authorized  to  sell  to  the  said  The  South  Charleston  Home 
Telephone  Company  certain  of  its  property,  fully  set  out  in  a bill  of  sale 
attached  to  the  petition  and  marked  Exhibit  “A”;  and  the  said  The 
South  Charleston  Home  Telephone  Company  is,  hereby,  authorized  to 
purchase,  said  property  and  to  pay  therefor  the  sum  of  Two  Hundred 
($200.00)  Dollars.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  South  Charleston  Home  Telephone  Com- 
pany and  the  said  Central  Union  Telephone  Company  be,  and  they  are, 
hereby,  authorized  to  form  connection  and  interchange  service  in  the 
manner  and  for  the  purposes  set  out  in  said  petition.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  authority  herein  granted  may  be  exercised  on 
and  after  this  date. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  fifteenth  day  of  March,  1912. 


103 


✓ 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In 


the  matter  of  the  joint  application  of 
The  Home  Telephone  Company  of 
Plattsburg,  and  the  Central  Union  Tel- 
ephone Company  for  approval  of  con- 
tract FOR  CONNECTION  AND  INTERCHANGE 
OF  SERVICE  BETWEEN  THE  APPLICANTS. 


^Formal  No.  145. 


This  matter  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing  upon  the  joint  peti- 
tion of  The  Home  Telephone  Company  of  Plattsburg,  Ohio,  and  the 
Central  Union  Telephone  Company,  the  evidence  and  the  exhibits,  and 
the  Commission,  being  fully  advised  in  the  premises,  is  satisfied  that 
the  prayer  of  said  petition  should  be  granted.  It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Home  Telephone  Company  of  Plattsburg, 
Ohio,  and  the  Central  Union  Telephone  Company  be,  and  they  are, 
hereby,  authorized  to  form  connection  and  interchange  service  in  the 
manner  and  for  the  purposes  set  out  in  said  petition.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  authority  herein  granted  may  be  exercised  on 
and  after  this  date. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twenty-ninth  day  of  February,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


Louis  J.  Stumpf, 

Complainant, 


vs. 


r Formal  No.  146. 

The  Springfield,  Light,  Heat  and  Power  j 
Company  of  Springfield,  Ohio. 

Defendant,  j 


ENTRY  OF  DISMISSAL. 

It  appearing  that  defendant  has  accorded  satisfaction  in  this  case, 
the  same  is,  therefore,  dismissed. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  March  23d,  1912. 


104 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  matter  of  the  joint  application  of  ^ 

The  Eastern  Ohio  Telephone  Company 

and  the  Central  Union  Telephone  Com-  Formal  No.  147. 

PANY  FOR  APPROVAL  OF  CONTRACT  FOR  CON- 
NECTION AND  EXCHANGE  OF  SERVICE. 

J 

This  matter  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing  upon  the  joint  peti- 
tion of  The  Eastern  Ohio  Telephone  Company  and  the  Central  Union 
Telephone  Company,  the  evidence  and  the  exhibits;  and  the  Commis- 
sion, being  fully  advised  in  the  premises,  is  satisfied  that  the  prayer 
of  said  petition  should  be  granted.  It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Eastern  Ohio  Telephone  Company  and  the 
Central  Union  Telephone  Company  be,  and  they  are,  hereby,  authorized 
to  form  connection  and  interchange  service  in  the  manner  and  for  the 
purposes  set  out  in  said  petition.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  authority  herein  granted  may  be  exercised  on 
and  after  this  date. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  fifth  day  of  April,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  matter  of  the  joint  application  of  ^ 

The  Darrtown  Telephone  Company  and 

The  Cincinnati  and  Suburban  Bell  Tel-  Formal  No.  148. 

ephone  Company  for  approval  of  con-  I 

NECTION  AND  INTERCHANGE  SERVICE. 

This  matter  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing  upon  the  joint  peti- 
tion of  The  Darrtown  Telephone  Company  and  The  Cincinnati  and  Sub- 
burban  Bell  Telephone  Company,  the  evidence  and  the  exhibits;  and  the 
Commission,  being  fully  advised  in  the  premises,  is  satisfied  that  the 
prayer  of  said  petition  should  be  granted.  It  is,  therefore 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Darrtown  Telephone  Company  and  The 
Cincinnati  and  Suburban  Bell  Telephone  Company  be,  and  they  are,  here- 
by, authorized  to  form  connection  and  interchange  service  in  the  manner 
and  for  the  purposes  set  out  in  said  petition.  It  is  further 

Ordered,  That  the  authority  herein  granted  may  be  exercised  on  and 
after  this  date. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twenty-first  day  of  March,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  matter  of  the  joint  application  of 
The  West  Milton  Home  Telephone 
Company  and  the  Central  Union  Tele- 
phone Company  for  the  approval  of  a 
contract  for  a connection  and  ex- 
change OF  SERVICE  BETWEEN  THE  TELE- 
PHONE SYSTEMS  OF  THE  APPLICANTS. 


^Formal  No. 


150. 


This  matter  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing  upon  the  joint  peti- 
tion of  The  V est  Milton  Home  Telephone  Company  .and  the  Central 
Union  Telephone  Company,  the  evidence  and  the  exhibits;  and  the  Com- 
mission, being  fully  advised  in  the  premises,  is  satisfied  that  the  prayer 
of  said  petition  should  be  granted.  It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  West  Milton  Home  Telephone  Company 
and  the  Central  Union  Telephone  Company  be,  and  they  are,  hereby, 
authorized  to  form  connection  and  interchange  service  in  the  manner 
and  for  the  purposes  set  out  in  said  petition.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  authority  herein  granted  may  be  exercised  on 
and  after  this  date. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twenty-first  day  of  March,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  matter  of  the  joint  application  of 
The  (Brookville,  Ohio)  United  Home 
Telephone  Company  and  the  Central 
Union  Telephone  Company  for  the  ap-  Formal  No.  15 1 

PROVAL  OF  A CONTRACT  FOR  CONNECTION  AND 
EXCHANGE  OF  SERVICE  BETWEEN  THE  TELE- 
PHONE SYSTEMS  OF  THE  APPLICANTS. 


This  matter  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing  upon  the  joint  peti- 
tion of  The  United  Home  Telephone  Company,  of  Brookville,  Ohio,  and 
the  Central  Union  Telephone  Company,  the  evidence  and  the  exhibits; 
and  the  Commission,  being  fully  advised  in  the  premises,  is  satisfied  that 
the  prayer  of  said  petition  should  be  granted.  It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  United  Home  Telephone  Company,  of 
Brookville.  Ohio,  and  the  Central  Union  Telephone  Company  be,  and 


io6 

they  are.  hereby,  authorized  to  form  connection  and  interchange  service- 
in  the  manner  and  for  the  purposes  set  out  in  said  petition.  It  is  further,. 

Ordered,  That  the  authority  herein  granted  may  be  exercised  on  and 
after  this  date. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twenty-first  day  of  March,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  matter  of  the  joint  application  of 
The  New  Lebanon  Telephone  Company 
and  the  Central  Union  Telephone  Com- 
pany FOR  THE  APPROVAL  OF  A CONTRACT  FOR 
CONNECTION  AND  EXCHANGE  OF  SERVICE  BE- 
TWEEN THE  TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS  OF  THE  AP- 
PLICANTS. 


^Formal  No. 


152. 


This  matter  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing  upon  the  joint  peti- 
tion of  The  New  Lebanon  Telephone  Company  and  the  Central  Union 
Telephone  Company,  the  evidence  and  the  exhibits ; and  the  Commission, 
being  fully  advised  in  the  premises,  is  satisfied  that  the  prayer  of  said 
petition  should  be  granted.  It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  New  Lebanon  Telephone  Company  and 
the  Central  Union  Telephone  Company  be,  and  they  are,  hereby,  au- 
thorized to  form  connection  and  interchange  service  in  the  manner  and 
for  the  purposes  set  out  in  said  petition.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  authority  herein  granted  may  be  exercised  on 
and  after  this  date. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twenty-first  day  of  March,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In 


THE  MATTER  OF  THE  JOINT  APPLICATION  OF 

The  McComb  Home  Telephone  Com- 
pany and  The  Central  Union  Tele- 
phone Company  for  the  approval  of  a 
connection  and  exchange  of  service. 


^Formal 


No.  158. 


This  matter  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing  upon  the  joint 
petition  of  The  McComb  Home  Telephone  Company  and  the  Central 
Union  Telephone  Company,  the  evidence  and  the  exhibits ; and  the  Com- 


107 


mission,  being  fully  advised  in  the  premises,  is  satisfied  that  the  prayer 
of  said  petition  should  be  granted.  It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  McComb  Home  Telephone  Company  and 
the  Central  Union  Telephone  Company  be,  and  they  are,  hereby,  au-» 
thorized  to  form  connection  and  interchange  service  in  the  manner  and 
for  the  purposes  set  out  in  said  petition.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  authority  herein  granted  may  be  exercised  on 
and  after  this  date. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twenty-first  day  of  March,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  matter  of  the  application  of  The^ 

Conneaut  Telephone  Company  and  the 
Central  Union  Telephone  Company  for 

THE  CONSENT  AND  APPROVAL  OF  THE  COM- 
MISSION FOR  THE  PURCHASE  OF  CERTAIN 
PROPERTY  OF  THE  CENTRAL  UNION  TELE- 
PHONE Company  by  The  Conneaut  Tel-  r Formal  No.  161. 
ephone  Company  and  for  the  purchase 
of  certain  property  of  The  Conneaut 
Telephone  Company  by  the  Central 
Union  Telephone  Company  and  for  a 
connecting  arrangement  for  an  ex- 

y 

CHANGE  OF  SERVICE  BETWEEN  THE  APPLICANTS. 

The  Conneaut  Telephone  Company,  a corporation  organized  under 
the  laws  of  the  State  of  Ohio,  and  the  Central  Union  Telephone 
Company,  a corporation  organized  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of 
Illinois,  having,  on  the  ninth  day  of  March,  1912,  filed  with  the  Com- 
mission their  joint  petition  for  the  consent  and  approval  of  the  Com- 
mission for  the  purchase  of  certain  property  of  the  Central  Union  Tele- 
phone Company  by  The  Conneaut  Telephone  Company,  and  of  certain 
property  of  The  Conneaut  Telephone  Company  by  the  Central  Union 
Telephone  Company,  and  for  a connecting  arrangement  and  interchange 
of  service  between  the  telephone  systems  of  said  petitioners,  and  the 
time  for  hearing  said  matter  having  been  fixed  for  Monday,  March 
twenty-fifth,  1912  at  two  o’clock  p.  m.,  and  due  notice  of  the  time-  and 
place  of  said  hearing  having  been  given,  and  the  same  having  been  heard 
in  part  on  said  day,  and  the  further  hearing  thereof  having  been  con- 
tinued from  day  to  day,  the  same  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing  upon 
the  petition,  the  evidence  and  the  exhibits. 


io8 


After  due  consideration  of  the  pleadings,  hearing  the  evidence,  ex- 
amining the  exhibits  and  making  such  further  investigation  and  inquiry 
as  the  Commission  deemed  proper,  and  it  appearing  that  no  increase  in 
rates  on  the  part  of  either  of  said  companies  will  result  therefrom,  the 
Commission  is  satisfied  that  the  prayer  of  said  petition  should  be  granted. 
It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  said  Central  Union  Telephone  Company  be,  and  it 
hereby  is  authorized  to  sell  to  said  The  Conneaut  Telephone  Company 
certain  of  its  property  used  in  local  service  and  located  in  the  munici- 
pality of  Conneaut,  Ohio,  and  fully  set  out  in  a bill  of  sale  attached  to 
the  petition  and  marked  Exhibit  “A”,  and  made  a part  hereof  by  refer- 
ence; and  said  The  Conneaut  Telephone  Company  hereby  is  authorized 
to  purchase  said  property  and  to  pay  therefor  the  agreed  sum  of  Four- 
teen Thousand,  Five  Hundred  and  Fifty-six  Dollars  and  fifteen  cents 
($14,556.15).  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Conneaut  Telephone  Company  be,  and  it 
hereby  is  authorized  to  sell  to  said  Central  Union  Telephone  Company 
certain  of  its  property,  used  in  toll  service  and  fully  set  out  in  a bill  of 
sale  attached  to  the  petition  herein  and  marked  Exhibit  “B”,  and  made 
a part  of  this  order  by  reference;  and  said  Central  Union  Telephone 
Company  hereby  is  authorized  to  purchase  said  property  and  to  pay 
therefor  the  agreed  price  of  Four  Hundred  and  Sixty-four  Dollars  and 
sixty-six  cents  ($464.66).  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  Conneaut  Telephone  Company  and  said 
Central  Union  Telephone  Company  be,  and  they  hereby  are  authorized 
to  form  connection  and  interchange  service  in  the  manner  and  for  the 
purposes  set  out  in  said  petition.  It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  authority  herein  granted  may  be  exercised  on 
and  after  this  date. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  thirtieth  day  of  April,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  matter  of  the  joint  application  of^ 

The  Celina  and  Mercer  County  Tele- 
phone Company  of  Celina,  Ohio,  and 
The  State  Line  Telephone  Company  of 
New  Corydon,  Indiana,  for  authority  to 

PURCHASE  AND  SELL  PROPERTY.  j 

This  matter  came  on  this  day  for  final  hearing  upon  the  joint  peti- 
tion of  The  Celina  and  Mercer  County  Telephone  Company,  a corpo- 
ration organized  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Ohio* with  its  principal 


Formal  No.  162. 

> 


109 


place  of  business  at  Celina,  Ohio,  and  The  State  Line  Telephone  Com- 
pany, a corporation  organized  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Indiana 
with  its  principal  place  of  business  at  New  Cory  don,  Indiana,  the  evi- 
dence and  the  exhibits,  and  the  Commission  being  fully  advised  in 
the*  premises,  is  satisfied  that  the  prayer  of  said  petition  should  be 
granted.  It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  State  Line  Telephone  Company  be,  and 
it  hereby  is  authorized  tp  sell  to  said  The  Celina  and  Mercer  County 
Telephone  Company  all  that  portion  of  its  property  used  in  telephone 
service  and  located  in  Mercer  County,  State  of  Ohio,  as  fully  described 
in  said  petition,  and  said  The  Celina  and  Mercer  County  Telephone 
Company  hereby  is  authorized  to  purchase  said  property  and  to  pay 
therefor  the  agreed  sum  of  Four  Hundred  and  Twenty-five  Dollars 
($425.00).  It  is  further 

Ordered,  That  the  authority  herein  "granted  may  be  exercised  on 
and  after  this  date. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twenty-seventh  of  April,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In 


THE  MATTER  OF  THE.  APPLICATION  OF  ThE^ 

Trumbull  Public  Service  Company  for 

AUTHORITY  TO  ISSUE  $ 1 64,000.00  6%  GOLD 
BONDS. 


Formal  No. 


163. 


This  case  come  on  this  day  for  final  hearing  upon  the  petition  of 
The  Trumbull  Public  Service  Company  for  authority  to  issue  its  bonds 
of  the  par  value  of  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-four  Thousand  Dollars, 
the  evidence  and  the  exhibits. 

After  considering  the  pleadings,  hearing  the  evidence,  examining 
the  exhibits  and  making  such  further  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the 
Commission  deemed  proper,  and  it  appearing  that  the  proceeds  arising 
from  the  sale  of  said  bonds  are  to  be  used  in  liquidating  outstanding 
notes  of  said  company  amounting  to  One  Hundred  and  Fifty  Thousand 
Dollars,  and  that  authority  is  sought  to  sell  said  bonds  at  ninety-two 
per  cent,  of  their  par  value,  and  that  said  transaction,  if  consummated, 
will  operate  to  increase  the  obligations  of  said  company  without  adding 
to  the  value  of  its  property,  the  Commission  is  satisfied  that  the  prayer 
of  said  petition  should  be  not  granted.  It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  the  authority  of  the  Commission  to  issue  said  bonds 
be  and  it  is,  hereby,  withheld,  and  that  said  petition  be  and  the  same  is, 
hereby,  dismissed. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twelfth  day  of  April,  1912. 


no 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  matter  of  the  application  of  The 
North  Randall  Railway  Company  for 

AUTHORITY  TO  ISSUE  $150,000.00  CAPITAL 
STOCK  AND  $150,000.00  BONDS. 


Formal  No.  165. 


The  North  Randall  Railway  Company,  a corporation  organized 
under  the  laws  of  Ohio,  having,  on  the  thirteenth  day  of  March,  1912, 
filed  its  petition  for  authority  to  issue  One  Hundred  and  Fifty  Thousand 
Dollars,  par  value  of  its  capital  stock  and  One  Hundred  and  Fifty 
Thousand  Dollars,  par  value  of  its  bonds,  the  proceeds  to  be  used  for 
the  purpose  of  acquiring  a right-of-way,  locating  and  constructing 
thereon,  and  equipping  a line  of  electric  railway,  and  to  pay  the  neces- 
sary expenses  incident  thereto,  and  the  hearing  of  said  matter  having 
been  fixed  for  March  twenty-second,  1912,  at  two  o’clock  p.  m.,  and 
due  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of  said  hearing  having  been  given, 
and  having  been  heard  in  part  on  said  day,  and  the  further  hearing 
thereof  having  been  continued  from  day  to  day,  and  the  applicant  hav- 
ing, on  the  twenty-sixth  day  of  March,  1912,  filed  an  amended  petition 
wherein  the  amount  of  securities  sought  to  be  issued  is  reduced  to  Fifty 
Thousand  Dollars,  par  value,  of  its  capital  stock  and  One  Hundred  and 
Fifty  Thousand  Dollars,  par  value,  of  its  bonds,  said  matter  came  on 
this  day  for  final  hearing  upon  the  petition,  the  amended  petition,  the 
exhibits  and  the  evidence. 

After  considering  the  pleadings,  hearing  the  evidence,  examining 
the  exhibits  and  making  such  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the  Commis- 
sion deemed  proper,  and  it  appearing  that  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of 
said  stock  and  bonds  are  to  be  used  for  the  discharge  of  the  lawful 
obligations  of  said  company,  the  Commission  is  satisfied  that  the  prayer 
of  said  amended  petition  should  be  granted.  It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  North  Randall  Railway  Company  be,  and 
it  is,  hereby,  authorized  to  issue  its  capital  stock  of  the  par  value  of 
Fifty  Thousand  Dollars  ($50,000.00),  and  its  bonds  of  the  par  value  of 
One  Hundred  and  Fifty  Thousand  Dollars  ($150,000.00),  and  that 
said  stock  and  bonds  be  sold  for  the  best  price  obtainable,  and  not  less 
than  the  par  value  thereof,  it  being  the  opinion  and  finding  of  the  Com- 
mission that  the  money  to  be  secured  from  the  sale  of  said  stock  and 
bonds  is  reasonably  required  for  the  proper  purposes  of  said  corpora- 
tion. It  is  further, 

Ordered,  That  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  stock 
and  bonds  be  devoted  by  said  The  North  Randall  Railway  Company  to, 
and  used  for  the  following  purposes  and  no  other,  to-wit : in  acquiring  a 


Ill 


right-of-way,  in  locating  and  constructing  thereon  and  in  equipping  a 
line  of  electric  railway,  and  to  pay  the  necessary  expenses  incident 
thereto,  as  fully  set  out  and  described  in  detailed  estimates,  a profile 
and  map,  marked  Exhibits  “A”,  “B”,  “C”  and  “D”,  respectively,  at- 
tached to  said  petition  and  made  a part  of  this  order  by  reference.  It 
is  further, 

Ordered,  That  said  The  North  Randall  Railway  Company  make 
verified  report  to  the  Commission  as  follows:  Upon  the  sale  of  said 
stock  and  bonds,  or  any  part  thereof,  the  fact  of  such  sale,  the  amounts 
realized  therefrom,  which  shall  be  the  best  price  obtainable  and  which 
shall  not  be  less  than  the  par  value  of  said  stock  and  bonds;  at  the 
termination  of  each  and  every  period  of  three  (3)  months  from  the  date 
of  this  order,  the  disposition  and  use  made  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale 
of  said  stock  and  bonds,  setting  forth  in  reasonable  detail,  the  purposes 
to  which  the  proceeds  have  been  devoted,  and  that  such  report  be  made 
until  all  the  proceeds  of  said  stock  and  bonds  have  been  expended  pur- 
suant to  this  order. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  eleventh  day  of  April,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


Earl  D.  Carr,  Receiver  of  The  Nelsonville 
Coal  Company, 


Complainant, 


vs. 


The  Hocking  Valley  Railway  Company  and 
The  Cleveland,  Cincinnati,  Chicago 
and  St.  Louis  Railway  Company. 

Defendants. 


i 

* Formal  No.  166. 


This  case  is  submitted  under  the  provisions  of  sections  579-80  of 
the  General  Code  of  Ohio,  as  amended  May  9,  1910,  Ohio  Laws, 
Volume  10 1,  page  173. 

The  complaint,  with  complainant’s  affidavits  and  exhibits,  was  filed 
March  thirteenth,  1912.  The  separate  answer  of  the  defendant,  The 
Cleveland,  Cincinnati,  Chicago  and  St.  Louis  Railway  Company,  and 
counter  affidavits,  was  filed  March  twenty-first,  1912,  and  the  separate 
answer  of  the  defendant,  The  Hocking  Valley  Railway  Company,  and 
counter  affidavits,  was  filed  April  fourth,  1912,  and  the  affidavits  of  com- 
plainant in  rebuttal  were  filed  April  fifteenth,  1912. 


1 12 


Upon  examination  of  the  pleadings,  affidavits  and  exhibits,  tke 
Commission  find  that  on  or  about  the  twenty-second  day  of  January, 
1910,  the  complainant  delivered  to  thp  defendant,  The  Hocking  Valley 
Railway  Company,  at  Nelsonville,  Ohio,  one  carload  of  coal  of  the  net 
weight  of  60,500  pounds,  loaded  in  Hocking  Valley  Railway  car  No. 
342,  and  consigned  to  The  John  A.  Murphy  Company  at  Dayton,  Ohio, 
upon  the  line  of  the  defendant,  The  Cleveland,  Cincinnati,  Chicago  and 
St.  Louis  Railway  Company,  and.  that,  upon  arrival  of  said  car  of  coal  at 
Dayton,  Ohio,  said  car  contained  but  39,000  pounds  of  coal,  the  same 
being  21,500  pounds  of  coal  less  than  had  been  delivered  to  said 
The  Hocking  Valley  Railway  Company,  by  complainant  at  Nelsonville; 
that  the  value  of  said  coal  so  lost  is  Two  Dollars  and  thirty-five  cents 
per  ton  of  2,000  pounds,  and  that  the  complainant  was  damaged  by 
reason  of  the  loss  of  said  coal  in  the  sum  of  Twenty-four  Dollars  and 
nine  cents  ($24.09). 

The  Commission  further  find  that  on  or  about  the  twenty-eighth 
day  of  February,  1910,  the  complainant  delivered  to  the  defendant,  The 
Hocking  Valley  Railway  Company,  one  carload  of  coal  of  the  net  weight 
of  77,800  pounds  loaded  in  Cleveland,  Cincinnati,  Chicago  and  St.  Louis 
Railway  car  No.  38,443,  consigned  to  The  John  A.  Murphy  Company  at 
Dayton,  Ohio,  upon  the  line  of  the  defendant,  The  Cleveland,  Cin- 
cinnati, Chicago  and  St.  Louis  Railway  Company,  and  that,  upon  the 
arrival  of  said  car  of  coal  at  Dayton,  Ohio,  said  car  contained  but 
61,600  pounds  of  coal,  the  same  being  16,200  pounds  of  coal  less  than 
had  been  delivered  as  aforesaid,  to  said  The  Hocking  Valley  Company 
at  Nelsonville,  Ohio,  that  the  value  of  said  coal  is  Two  Dollars  and 
thirty-five  cents  ($2.35)  per  ton  of  2,000  pounds,  and  that  complainant’s 
damage  by  reason  of  said  loss  of  said  coal  is  the  surh  of  Seventeen 
Dollars  and  eighty-six  cents  ($17.86). 

The  Commission  further  find  that  said  coal  in  each  instance  was  lost 
by  reason  of  the  negligence  of  said  defendants  in  the  protection  of  said 
coal  while  in  transit. 

The  Commission  further  find  that  the  defendants  are  not  liable  to 
the  complainant  for  the  value  of  one  thousand  (1,000)  pounds  of  coal 
in  each  of  said  shipments,  said  cars  having  been  billed  at  a weight  of 
one  thousand  pounds  less  than  the  actual  weight  thereof,  in  accordance 
with  the  tariff  regulations  of  defendants  and  with  complainant’s  con- 
sent and  acquiescence  therein. 

The  Commission  further  find  that  complainant  presented  to  the 
said  defendants  his  claim  against  them  on  account  of  said  shortage  in 
coal,  on  the  fourteenth  day  of  August,  1911,  and  that  on  or  about  the 
twenty-sixth  day  of  September,  1911,  said  claim,  was  finally  rejected, 
and  that  more  than  sixty  (60)  days  elapsed  between  the  presentation  of 
said  claim  to  the  defendants  by  complainant,  and  the  filing  of  this  com- 
plaint with  The  Public  Service  Commission  of  Ohio. 


/ 


The  CoiTimissiOft  farther  find  that  there  is  due  complainant  from 
defendants  for  the  loss  of  coal  in  said  two  shipments  from  Nelsonville, 
Ohio,  to  Dayton,  Ohio,  as  herein  set  out,  the  total  sum  of  Forty-one 
Dollars  and  ninety-five  cents  ($41.95),  with  interest  thereon  from  the 
thirteenth  day  of  March,  1912,  the  date  of  the  commencement  of  this 
action  by  complainant. 

The  Commission  further  find  that  complainant  is  located  in  the 
County  of  Athens,  State  of  Ohio.  It  is, 

.Ordered,  That  the  finding  of  the  Commission  in  this  matter  be  cer- 
tified to  the  Clerk  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  of  said  Athens  County. 

We,  O.  P.  Gothlin,  J.  C.  Sullivan  and  O.  H.  Hughes,  constituting 
The  Public  Service  Commission  of  Ohio  do,  hereby,  certify  the  fore- 
going to  be  the  finding  of  The  Public  Service  Commission  of  Ohio  in 
the  above  entitled  case,  as  shown  by  the  records  and  files  of  said  Com- 
mission. 

In  Testimony  Thereof,  We  have  hereunto  set  our  hands  and 
affixed  the  seal  of  said  The  Public  Service  Commission  of  Ohio,  this, 
twenty-fifth  day  of  April,  1912. 

THE  PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO, 
By  O.  P.  Gothlin,  Chairman , 

J.  C.  Sullivan, 

O.  H.  Hughes, 

C 0 m mission  ers . 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  matter  of  the  investigation  of  the 
management  and  operation  of  The  Ber-  j 
lin  Center  Telephone  Company  witpi  ^Formal  No.  167. 
respect  to  its  compliance  with  the  pro-  I 
VISIONS  OF  THE  LAW.  J 

It  appearing  that  The  Berlin  Center  Telephone  Company  has  this 
day  filed  its  schedule  of  rates,  this  case  is,  therefore,  dismissed. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  eighth  day  of  April,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  matter  of  the  investigation  of  the 

MANAGEMENT  AND  OPERATION  OF  The 

Greene  Telephone  Company  with  re- 
spect TO  ITS  COMPLIANCE  WITH  TLIE  PRO- 
VISIONS OF  THE  LAW. 


^Formal  No.  168. 


It  appearing  that  service  was  not  secured  upon  The  Greene  Tele- 
phone Company  by  reason  of  misdirection  of  the  subpoena  herein,  this 
case  is,  therefore,  dismissed. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  April  26th,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  matter  of  the  investigation  of  the  ^ 

MANAGEMENT  AND  OPERATION  OF  THE  j 

Gorby-Cady  Telephone  Company  with  y Formal  No.  169. 
respect  to  its  compliance  with  the  pro-  I 
VISIONS  OF  THE  LAW.  J 

It  appearing  that  The  Gorby-Cady  Telephone  Company  has  this  day 
filed  its  schedule  of  rates,  this  case  is,  therefore,  dismissed. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  eighth  day  of  April,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  matter  of  the  investigation  of  the^I 

MANAGEMENT  AND  OPERATION  OF  THE 

Hastings  Telephone  Company  with  re-  l Formal  No.  170. 

SPECT  TO  ITS  COMPLIANCE  WITH  THE  PRO-  I 
VISIONS  OF  THE  LAW.  J 

It  appearing  that  The  Hastings  Telephone  Company  has  this  day 
filed  its  schedule  of  rates,  this  case  is,  therefore,  dismissed. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  second  day  of  April,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  matter  of  the  investigation  of  the  ^ 

MANAGEMENT  AND  OPERATION  OF  THE 

Holland  Home  Telephone  Company  with  ^Formal  No.  171. 

RESPECT  TO  ITS  COMPLIANCE  WITH  THE  PRO-  | 

VISIONS  OF  THE  LAW.  J 

It  appearing  that  The  Holland  Home  Telephone  Company  has  this 
day  filed  its  schedule  of  rates,  this  case  is,  therefore,  dismissed. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  first  day  of  April,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In 


THE  MATTER  OF  THE  INVESTIGATION  OF  THE 
MANAGEMENT  AND  OPERATION  OF  THE 

Jerseyville  Telephone  Company  with 

RESPECT  TO  ITS  COMPLIANCE  WITH  THE  PRO- 
VISIONS OF  THE  LAW. 


^Formal  No.  172. 


It  appearing  that  the  Jerseyville  Telephone  Company  discontinued 
business  prior  to  July  1st,  1911,  and  has  furnish  no  service  since  said 
date,  this  case  is,  therefore,  dismissed. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio  this  twenty-seventh  day  of  March,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In 


THE  MATTER  OF  THE  INVESTIGATION  OF  THE 
MANAGEMENT  AND  OPERATION  OF  THE 

Lyons  Mutual  Telephone  Company  with 

RESPECT  TO  ITS  COMPLIANCE  WITH  THE  PRO- 
VISIONS OF  THE  LAW. 


:>  Formal  No.  173. 


It  appearing  that  The  Lyons  Mutual  Telephone  Company  has  this 
date  filed  its  schedule  of  rates,  this  case  is,  therefore,  dismissed. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  eighth  day  of  April,  1912. 


n6 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In 


THE  MATTER  OF  THE  INVESTIGATION  OF  THE 
MANAGEMENT  AND  OPERATION  OF  THE 

Malinta  Mutual  Teleppione  Company 

WITH  RESPECT  TO  ITS  COMPLIANCE  WITH  THE 
PROVISIONS  OF  THE  LAW. 


> Formal  No. 


174. 


It  appearing  that  The  Malinta  Mutual  Telephone  Company  on  this 
date  filed  its  schedule  of  rates,  this  case  is,  therefore,  dismissed. 
Columbus,  Ohio,  March  22nd,  1912, 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  matter  of  the  investigation  of  the  ^ 

MANAGEMENT  AND  OPERATION  OF  THE 

Manchester  Telephone  Company  with  [^Formal  No.  175. 

RESPECT  TO  ITS  COMPLIANCE  WITH  THE  PRO- 
VISIONS OF  THE  LAW. 

It  appearing  that  The  Manchester  Telephone  Company  has  this  day 
filed  its  schedule  of  rates,  this  case  is,  therefore,  dismissed. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twenty-seventh  day  of  March,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  matter  of  the  investigation  of  the 

MANAGEMENT  AND  OPERATION  OF  THE 

Muskingum  County  Farmers'  Telephone 
Company  with  respect  to  its  compliance 

WITH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THE  LAW. 


^Formal  No.  176. 


It  appearing  that  The  Muskingum  County  Farmers'  Telephone 
Company  has  this  day  filed  its  schedule  of  rates,  this  case  is,  therefore, 
dismissed. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  third  day  of  April,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  matter  of  the  investigation  of  the  ^ 

MANAGEMENT  AND  OPERATION  OF  THE 

Mecca  Telephone  Company  with  re-  [^Formal  No.  177. 

SPECT  TO  ITS  COMPLIANCE  WITH  THE  PRO-  | 

VISIONS  OF  THE  LAW.  . J 

It  appearing  that  The  Mecca  Telephone  Company  has  this  day  filed 
its  schedule  of  rates,  this  case  is,  therefore,  dismissed. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  fifth  day  of  April,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  matter  of  the  investigation  of  the 

MANAGEMENT  AND  OPERATION  OF  THE  j 

Proctorville  Central  Telephone  Com-  ^Formal  No.  178. 

PANY  WITH  RESPECT  TO  ITS  COMPLIANCE  | 

WITH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THE  LAW.  J 

It  appearing  that  The  Proctorville  Telephone  Company  has  discon- 
tinued business  and  is  furnishing  no  service,  said  Company  is  not  re- 
quired to  file  schedules  of  rates,  and  the  case  is  dismissed. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  twenty-seventh  day  of  March,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  matter  of  the  investigation  of  the 

MANAGEMENT  AND  OPERATION  OF  THE 

Port  William  Mutual  Telephone  Com- 
pany WITH  RESPECT  TO  ITS  COMPLIANCE 
WITH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THE  LAW. 


>•  Formal  No. 


179. 


It  appearing  that  The  Port  William  Mutual  Telephone  Company 
has  this  day  filed  its  schedule  of  rates,  this  case  is,  therefore,  dismissed. 
Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  thirtieth  day  of  March,  1912. 


n8 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  matter  of  the  investigation  of  the  h 

MANAGEMENT  AND  OPERATION  OF  THE 

Sullivan  Telephone  Company  with  re-  Formal  No.  180. 

SPECT  TO  ITS  COMPLIANCE  WITH  THE  PRO-  | 

VISIONS  OF  THE  LAW.  J 

It  appearing  that  The  Sullivan  Telephone  Company  has  this  day 
filed  its  schedule  of  rates,  this  case  is,  therefore  dismissed. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  March  27th,  1912., 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  matter  of  the  investigation  of  the 

MANAGEMENT  AND  OPERATION  OF  THE 

Tipp  Telephone  Company  witpi  respect 

TO  ITS  COMPLIANCE  WITH  THE  PROVISIONS 
OF  THE  LAW. 


^Formal  No.  181. 


It  appearing  that  The  Tipp  Telephone  Company  has  this  day  filed 
its  schedule  of  rates,  this  case  is,  therefore,  dismissed. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  March  27th,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

IN  THE  MATTER  OF  THE  INVESTIGATION  OF  THE 
MANAGEMENT  AND  OPERATION  OF  THE  j 

Wilgus  Telephone  Company  with  re-  Formal  No.  182. 

SPECT  TO  ITS  COMPLIANCE  WITH  THE  PRO- 
VISIONS OF  THE  LAW.  J 

It  appearing  that  The  Wilgus  Telephone  Company  is  a mutual  com- 
pany organized  not  for  profit,  and  has  no  revenue,  said  Company  is  not 
required  to  file* schedules  of  rates,  and  the  case  is,  therefore,  dismissed. 
Columbus,  Ohio,  March  27th,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  matter  of  the  investigation  of  the  ^ 

MANAGEMENT  AND  OPERATION  OF  The  j 

Lebanon  Teeephone  Company  with  re-  ^Formal  No.  184. 

SPECT  TO  ITS  COMPLIANCE  WITH  THE  PRO-  | 

I 

VISIONS  OF  THE  LAW.  j 

It  appearing  that  The  Lebanon  Telephone  Company  on  this  date 
filed  its  schedule  of  rates,  this  case  is  therefore,  dismissed. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  March  19,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  matter  of  the  joint  application  of  ^ 

The  John  A.  Stewart  Electric  Company  j 

and  The  Hocking  Power  Company  for  Formal  No.  185. 

AUTHORITY  TO  SELL  AND  PURCHASE  PROP-  | 

I 

ERTY. 

J 

This  matter  came  3n  this  day  for  final  hearing  upon  the  joint  peti- 
tion of  the  The  John  A.  Stewart  Electric  Company  and  The  Hocking 
Power  Company,  a corporation  organized  under  the  laws  of  Ohio,  the 
evidence  and  the  exhibits. 

After  considering  the  pleadings,  hearing  the  evidence,  examining 
the  exhibits  and  making  such  further  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the 
Commission  deemed  proper,  and  it  appearing  that  the  amount  to  be  paid 
by  the  Hocking  Power  Company  to  The  John  A.  Stewart  Electric  Com- 
pany for  the  property  described  in  the  petition  and  the  exhibits  attached 
thereto,  is  greatly  in  excess  of  the  value  of  said  property,  the  Commis- 
sion is  satisfied  that  the  prayer  of  said  petition  should  not  be  granted. 
It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  this  case  be,  and  the  same  hereby  is  dismissed. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  thirtieth  day  of  April,  1912. 


120 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  matter  of  the  application  of  The'] 

Tiffin  W ater  Works  for  authority  to  l Formal  No.  187. 

ISSUE  $150,000.00  PAR  VALUE  BONDS.  ] 

J 

The  Tiffin  Water  Works,  a corporation  incorporated  and  organized 
under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Ohio,  having,  on  the  nineteenth  day  of 
March,  1912,  filed  its  petition  for  authority  to  issue  its  bonds  to  the 
amount  of  One  Hundred  and  Fifty  Thousand  Dollars,  to  bear  interest 
at  the  rate  of  five  percentum  per  annum,  the  proceeds  to  be  used,  first, 
for  refunding  or  liquidating  applicant’s  present  outstanding  bonded  in- 
debtedness, bearing  interest  at  the  rate  of  six  per  centum  per  annum, 
of  One  Hundred  and  Ten  Thousand  Dollars;  second,  to  pay  applicant’s 
floating  indebtedness  of  Fifteen  Thousand  Dollars;  third,  to  pay  for  five 
thousand  feet  of  proposed  extensions  of  applicant’s  pipe  system  at  a cost 
of  not  less  than  Five  Thousand  Dollars,  and  fourth,  to  reimburse  in- 
come account  to  the  amount  of  Twenty  Thousand  Dollars,  which  said 
sum  has  been  expended  from  income  for  improvements  and  extensions 
during  the  years  1909,  1910  and  1911,  as  fully  set  out  in  said  petition, 
and  the  hearing  of  said  matter  having  been  fixed  for  April  third,  1912, 
and  due  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of  said  hearing  having  been  given, 
and  having  been  heard  in  part  on  said  day  and  the  further  hearing 
thereof  having  been  continued  from  day  to  day,  said  matter  came  on 
this  day  for  final  hearing  upon  the  petition,  the  evidence  and  the  ex- 
hibits. 

After  considering  the  pleadings,  hearing  the  evidence,  examining 
the  exhibits  and  making  such  further  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the 
Commission  deemed  proper,  and  its  appearing  that  applicant’s  present 
outstanding  bonded  indebtedness  amounts  to  One  Hundred  and  Ten 
Thousand  Dollars,  that  the  same  matures  on  May  first,  1912,  that  the 
said  present  outstanding  bonded  indebtedness  should  on  said  date  be 
liquidated  or  refunded,  and  that  the  funcjs  for  such  liquidation  or  refund- 
ing should  be  raised  by  the  issue  of  new  bonds  of  said  corporation,  the 
Commission  is  satisfied  that  such  portion  of  said  petition  as  relates  to 
the  liquidation  or  refunding  of  applicant’s  present  outstanding  bonds 
should  be  allowed.  It  is,  therefore, 

Ordered,  That  the  Tiffin  Water  Works  be,  and  it  hereby  is  author- 
ized to  issue,  as  of  the  date  of  the  cancellation  and  retirement  of  its 
original  bonds,  as  set  forth  herein,  its  bonds  of  the  par  value  of  One 
Hundred  and  Ten  Thousand  Dollars  ($1 10,000.00),  bearing  interest  at 
a rate  not  exceeding  five  per  centum  per  annum,  and  that  said  bonds 
be  sold  for  the  best  price  obtainable  and  at  not  less  than  the  par  value 
thereof,  it  being  the  opinion  and  finding  of  the  Commission  that  the 


12 1 


money  to  be  secured  from  the  sale  of  said  bonds  is  reasonably  required 
for  the  proper  purposes  of  said  corporation.  It  is  further 

Ordered,  That  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  bonds 
-shall  be  devoted  to  the  following  purposes,  and  no  other,  to-wit:  The 
liquidation  or  refunding  of  applicant’s  present  outstanding  bonds,  which 
amount  to  One  Hundred  and  Ten  Thousand  Dollars,  and  bear  interest 
at  the  rate  of  six  per  centum  per  annum.  It  is  further 

Ordered,  That  the  applicant  retire  upon  the  date  of  its  maturity,  to- 
wit,  May  first,  1912,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  possible,  its  present  out- 
standing bonded  indebtedness  of  One  Hundred  and  Ten  Thousand  Dol- 
lars. It  is  further 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Tiffin  Water  Works  make  verified  report  to 
the  Commission  as  follows : Upon  the  sale  of  said  bonds,  or  any  part 
thereof,  the  fact  of  such  sale  and  the  amounts  realized  therefrom,  which 
shall  be  the  highest  price  obtainable  and  shall  not  be  less  than  the  par 
value  of  said  bonds ; upon  the  retirement  of  said  present  outstanding 
bonds,  or  any  portion  thereof,  the  fact  of  such  cancellation  of  such  in- 
debtedness, detailing  the  number,  date  and  amount  of  each  bond;  at 
the  termination  of  each  and  every  period  of  thirty  days  from  the  date  of 
this  order,  the  disposition  and  use  made  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of 
said  bonds,  and  that  such  reports  be  made  until  all  of  applicant’s  present 
•outstanding  bonds  have  been  retired  and  cancelled,  and  all  of  said 
bonds  herein  authorized  have  been  disposed  of  and  the  proceeds  arising 
from  the  sale  thereof  have  been  expended  pursuant  to  this  order.  It 
is  further, 

Ordered,  That  as  to  the  issue  of  bonds  for  the  other  purposes  stated 
in  said  petition,  this  cause  be  continued  for  further  investigation. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  thirtieth  of  April,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Joint  Application  of  > 
The  New  Concord  Telephone  Company 
and  the  Central  Union  Telephone 
Company  for  the  Consent  and  Approval 
of  the  Commission  for  the  Purchase  of 
Certain  Property  of  the  Central  Union 
Telephone  Company  by  The  New  Con- 
cord Telephone  Company  and  for  a 
Connecting  Arrangement  for  an  Ex- 
change of  Service  Between  the  Ap- 
plicants. 


>-  Formal 


No. 


188. 


The  New  Concord  Telephone  Company,  a corporation  organized 
under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Ohio,  and  the  Central  Union  Telephone 


122 


Company,  a corporation  organized  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Illinois, 
having,  on  the  twentieth  day  of  March,  1912,  filed  with  the  Commission 
their  joint  petition  for  the  consent  and  approval  of  the  Commission  for 
the  purchase  of  certain  property  of  the  Central  Union  Telephone  Com- 
pany by  The  New'  Concord  Telephone  Company,  and  for  a connecting 
arrangement  and  interchange  of  service  between  the  telephone  systems 
of  said  petitioners,  and  the  time  for  hearing  said  matter  having  been 
fixed  for  Friday,  March  twenty-ninth,  1912,  at  four  o’clock  p.  m.,  and 
due  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of  said  hearing  having  been  given,  and 
the  same  having  been  heard  in  part  on  said  day,  and  the  further  hearing 
thereof  having  been  continued  from  day  to  day,  the  same  came  on  this 
day  for  final  hearing  upon  the  petition,  the  exhibits  and  the  evidence. 

After  considering  the  pleadings,  hearing  the  evidence,  examining  the 
exhibits  and  making  such  further  inquiry  and  investigation  as  the  Com- 
mission deemed  proper,  and  it  appearing  that  no  increase  in  rates  on 
the  part  of  either  of  said  companies  will  result  therefrom,  the  Commis- 
sion is  satisfied  that  the  prayer  of  said  petition  should  be  granted.  It  is, 
therefore, 

Ordere^  That  said  Central  Union  Telephone  Company  be,  and  it 
hereby  is  authorized  to  sell  to  said  The  New  Concord  Telephone  Com- 
pany certain  of  its  property  used  in  local  service  and  located  in  the  muni- 
cipality of  New  Concord,  Muskingum  County,  Ohio,  and  vicinity,  and 
fully  set  out  in  a bill  of  sale  attached  to  t^he  petition  and  marked  Exhibit 
“A”,  and  made  a part  of  this  order  by  reference;  and  said  The  New 
Concord  Telephone  Company  hereby  is  authorized  to  purchase  said 
property  and  to  pay  therefor  the  agreed  sum  of  Five  Hundred  Dollars 
($500.00).  It  is  further 

Ordered,  That  said  The  New  Concord  Telephone  Company  and 
said  Central  Union  Telephone  Company  be,  and  they  hereby  are  au- 
thorized to  form  connection  and  interchange  service  in  the  manner  and 
for  the  purposes  set  out  in  said  petition.  It  is  further 

Ordered,  That  the  authority  herein  granted  may  be  exercised  on 
and  after  this  date. 

Dated  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  this  thirtieth  of  April,  1912. 


123 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Joint  Application  of 
The  Auglaize  Telephone  Company  and 
The  Central  Union  Telephone  Com- 
pany for  Approval  of  Connection  and 
Exchange  of  Service. 


] 

^Formal  No.  194. 


The  Auglaize  Telephone  Company  having  failed  to  appear  at  the 
time  set  for  hearing,  this  case  is,  therefore,  dismissed. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  April  26th,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Joint  Application  of  ^ 

The  Rock  Creek  Citizens  Telephone 

Company  and  The  Central  Union  Tele-  [^Formal  No.  195. 

phone  Company  for  Approval  of  Con-  | 

NECTION  AND  EXCHANGE  OF  SERVICE.  J 

The  Rock  Creek  Citizens  Telephone  Company  having  failed  to  ap- 
pear at  the  time  set  for  hearing,  this  case,  is  therefore,  dismissed. 
Columbus,  Ohio,  April  26th,  1912. 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Investigation  of  the 
Management  and  Operation  of  The 
Corning-Elliott  Telephone  Company  of 
Elliott,  Ohio,  With  Respect  to  its  Com- 
pliance With  the  Provisions  of  the 
Law. 


>■  Formal 


No.  213. 


It  appearing  that  The  Corning-Elliott  Telephone  Company  has  this 
day  filed  its  schedule  of  rates,  this  case  is,  therefore,  dismissed. 
Columbus,  Ohio,  May  1,  1912. 


124 


Before  The 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  OF  OHIO. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Investigation  of  the 
Management  and  Operation  of  The 
Greene  Telephone  Company  of  Lock- 
land,  Ohio,  With  Respect  to  its  Com- 
pliance With  the  Provisions  of  the 
Law. 


^Formal  No.  221. 


It  appearing  that  The  Greene  Telephone  Company  of  Lockland, 
Ohio,  has  this  day  filed  its  schedule  of  rates,  this  case  is,  therefore,  dis- 
missed. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  April  26th,  1912. 


125 


INDEX 

PAGE 

American  Gas  Company,  Authority  to  issue  stock 75 

American  Express  Company  vs.  Henry  Burkhardt  Packing  Co 6 

Ashtabula  Telephone  Company  and  Central  Union  Tele.  Co 21 

Auglaize  Tele.  Co.  and  Central  Union  Tele.  Co 123 

Baltimore  & Ohio  R.  R.  Co.  and  Federal  Clay  Products  Co 32 

Baltimore  & Ohio  R.  R.  Co.  and  Pennsylvania  Company  vs.  The  Massillon 

Board  of  Trade  Company 26 

Baltimore  & Ohio  R.  R.  Co.  vs.  W.  N.  Webster 5 

Beaver  Gas  Co.  and  Lisbon  Oil  & Gas  Co 83 

Bemis  & Vosburg  vs.  Pennsylvania  Company 13 

Berlin  Center  Tele.  Co.,  Investigation 113 

Botkins  Tele.  Co.  and  Central  Union  Tele.  Co 93 

Brown  County  Independent  Tele.  Co.,  Issuing  Capital  Stock 89 

Brownsville  Farmers  Tele.  Co.  and  Gratiot  & Brownsville  Tele.  Co 3 

Brown  County  Independent  Tele.  Co.  and  Central  Union  Tele.  Co 88 

Bucyrus  Light  & Power  Co.  vs.  City  of  Bucyrus 8 

Bucyrus,  City  of,  vs.  Bucyrus  Light  & Power  Co 8 

Buckeye  Light  & Power  Co.,  Issuing  stock 81 

Buckeye  Light  & Power  Co.  and  Falls  River  Electric  Co 80 

Burkhardt  Packing  Co.,  Henry,  vs.  American  Express  Co 6 

Celina  and  Mercer  County  Tele.  Co.  and  The  State  Line  Tele.  Co.  of 

New  Corydon,  Indiana  108 

Celina  Gas  Company,  Minimum  Charge 24 

Central  Union  Tele.  Co.  and  Ashtabula  Tele.  Co 21 

Central  Union  Tele.  Co.  and  Auglaize  Tele.  Co 123 

Central  Union  Tele.  Co.  and  Botkins  Tele.  Co 93 

Central  Union  Tele.  Co.  and  Brown  County  Independent  Tele.  Co 88 

Central  Union  Telephone  Co.  and  Conneaut  Tele.  Co 107 

Central  Union  Tele.  Co.  and  Delaware  Citizens  Tele.  Co 20 

Central  Union  Tele.  Co.  and  Eastern  Ohio  Tele.  Co 104 

Central  Union  Tele.  Co.  and  Fayetteville  Tele.  Co 87 

Central  Union  Tele.  Co.  and  Gratiot  & Brownsville  Tele.  Co 91 

Central  Union  Telephone  Co.  and  Home  Telephone  Co.  (Waverly) 84 

Central  Union  Tele.  Co.  and  Kenton  Tele.  Co 99 

Central  Union  Tele.  Co.  and  Home  Tele.  Co.  of  Plattsburg 103 

Central  Union  Tele.  Co.  and  Mt.  Sterling  Tele.  Co 19 

Central  Union  Tele.  Co.  and  McComb  Home  Tele.  Co 106 

Central  Union  Tele.  Co.  and  New  Lebanon  Tele.  Co 106 

Central  Union  Tele.  Co.  and  The  New  Concord  Tele.  Co 121 

Central  Union  Tele.  Co.  and  Oberlin  Tele.  Co 74 

Central  Union  Tele.  Co.  and  Rock  Creek  Citizens  Tele.  Co 123 

Central  Union  Tele.  Co.  and  Scott  Home  Tele.  Co 85 

Central  Union  Telephone  Co.  and  South  Charleston  Home  Tele.  Co 102 

Central  Union  Tele.  Co.  and  United  Home  (Brookville,  O.)  Tele.  Co 105 

Central  Union  Tele.  Co.  and  Van  Wert  Home  Tele.  Co 18 

Central  Union  Tele.  Co.  and  Wellington  Tele.  Co 97 

Central  Union  Tele.  Co.  and  West  Milton  Home  Tele.  Co 105 


126 


PAGE 

Chesterhill  Fuel  & Light  Company  and  River  Gas  Co 29 

Cincinnati,  Hamilton  & Dayton  Ry.  Co.,  Issuing  Bonds 25 

Cincinnati,  Hamilton  & Dayton  Ry.  Co.,  Issuing  Bonds 62 

Cincinnati,  Hamilton  & Dayton  Ry.  Co.,  Waive  C.  S.  Rules  at  Mines 50-79 

Cincinnati  Traction  Company,  Safety  of  Public 68 

Cincinnati  Suburban  Bell  Tele.  Co.  and  Darrtown  Tele.  Co 104 

Circleville  Citizens  Telephone  Co.,  Issuing  Bonds 37 

Cleveland,  Cincinnati,  Chicago  & St.  Louis  Ry.  Co.  and  the  Hocking  Val- 
ley Ry.  Co.  vs.  Earl  D.  Carr,  Receiver  of  the  Nelsonville  Coal 

Company  Ill 

Cleveland,  Cincinnati,  Chicago  & St.  Louis  Ry.  Co.  and  Lake  Shore  & 

Michigan  Southern  Ry.  Co.,  “N.  Y.  C.  Lines  Equipment  Trust,  1912”.  52 

Cleveland  Electric  Illuminating  Co.,  Common  Stock  & Bonds 57 

Cleveland,  Painesville  & Eastern  R.  R.  Co.,  Mortgage  Bonds 16 

Cleveland,  Painesville  & Eastern  R.  R.  Co.,  Issuing  Bonds 54 

Cleveland  & Pittsburg  R.  R.  Co.,  Issue  of  Capital  Stock 44 

Columbiana  Light  & Power  Co.  and  Salem  Elec.  Light  & Power  Co 74 

Columbus  Interurban  Terminal  Co.,  Issuing  Bonds 41 

Columbus,  Urbana  & Western  Elec.  Ry.  Co.,  Issue  Stock  & Bonds 51 

Complete  Tele.  Co.  and  Country  Home  Tele.  Co 64 

Conneaut  Tele.  Co.  and  Central  Union  Tele.  Co 107 

Convoy  Home  Tele.  Co.,  Classification  of  Service 65 

Cope,  DeWitt  T.,  vs.  Hamilton  Gas  & Elec.  Co 11 

Corning- Elliot  Tele.  Co.,  Investigation. 123 

Country  Home  Tele.  Co.  and  Complete  Tele.  Co 64 

Dayton  Power  & Light  Co.,  Minimum  Charge 39 

Dayton  Power  & Light  Co.  vs.  Men’s  Club  of  Rubicon 15 

Darrtown  Tele.  Co.  and  Cincinnati  Suburban  Bell  Tele.  Co 104 

Defiance  Gas  & Elec.  Co.,  Minimum  Charge 36 

Delaware  Citizens  Tele.  Co.  and  Central  Union  Tele.  Co 20 

Delphos  Home  Tele.  Co.,  Common  Stock 48 

Detroit,  Toledo  & Ironton  Ry.  Co.  Suspend  C.  S.  Rules  at  Mines 60-72 

Donaldson,  F.  N.,  Jewett,  Ohio,  Minimum  Charge — Gas 69 

Eastern  Ohio  Tele.  Co.,  Classification  of  Service 65 

Eastern  Ohio  Tele.  Co.  and  Central  Union  Tele.  Co 104 

Falls  River  Electric  Co.  and  Buckeye  Light  & Power  Co 80 

Fayetteville  Tele.  Co.  and  Central  Union  Tele.  Co 87 

Federal  Clay  Products  Co.  and  Baltimore  & Ohio  R.  R.  Co 32 

Geneva,  Peoples  Tele.  Co.  and  Madison  Tele.  Co 8 

Geneva,  Peoples  Tele.  Co.,  Capital  Stock 32 

Gorby-Cady  Tele.  Co.,  Investigation 114 

Gratiot  & Brownsville  Tele.  Co.  and  Brownsville  Farmers  Tele.  Company.  3 

Gratiot  & Brownsville  Tele.  Co.  and  Central  Union  Tele.  Co 91 

Greenville  Electric  Light  & Power  Co.,  Common  Stock 66 

Greene  Tele.  Company,  Investigation 114 

Greene  Tele.  Company  of  Lockland,  Investigation 124 

Hamilton  Gas  & Electric  Company  vs.  DeWitt  T.  Cope 11 

Harrison  & Jefferson  Tele.  Co.  and  Hopedale  Tele.  Co 25 


127 


PAGE 

Harrison  & Jefferson  Tele.  Co.  vs.  Patton  Tele.  Co 7 

Harrison  Light  & Fuel  Co.,  Accommodation  by  its  Services 85 

Hastings  Tele.  Co.,  Investigation 114 

Herbsleb,  A.  F.,  Union  Gas'  and  Electric  Co.,  Cincinnati,  0 39 

Hocking  Valley  Railway  Company,  Gold  Notes 33 

Hocking  Power  Co.  and  The  John  A.  Stewart  Electric  Co 119 

Hocking  Valley  Ry.  & C.  C.  C.  & St.  L.  Ry.  vs.  Earl  D.  Carr,  Receiver...  Ill 

Home  Telephone  Co.  and  Central  Union  Tele.  Co 84 

Home  Tele.  Co.  of  Plattsburg  and  Central  Union  Tele.  Co 103 

Holland  Home  Tele.  Co.,  Investigation 115 

Hopedale  Tele.  Co.,  Capital  Stock 78 

Hopedale  Tele.  Co.  and  Harrison  & Jefferson  Tele.  Co 25 

Ironton  Electric  Company,  Capital  Stock 30 

Ironton  Electric  Company,  Minimum  Charge  & Sliding  Scale 51 

Ironton  Electric  Company  and  Ohio  Valley  Electric  Ry.  Co 61 

Jersey ville  Telephone  Company,  Investigation 115 

Kenton  Telephone  Co.,  Common  Stock 100 

Kenton  Tele.  Co.  and  Central  Union  Tele.  Co 99-100 

Kilbourne  Mutual  Tele.  Co.  and  New  Ashley  Tele.  Co 30 

Lake  Shore  & Michigan  Southern  Ry.  Co.  and  Cleveland,  Cincinnati, 

Chicago  & St.  Louis  Ry.  Co.,  “N.  Y.  C.  Lines  Equipment  Trust 

of  1912”  52 

Lebanon  Tele.  Co.,  Investigation 119 

Licking  Light  & Power  Co.,  Newark,  Minimum  Charge  & Sliding  Scale..  41 

Lima  Natural  Gas  Co.,  Coldwater,  O.,  Minimum  Charge 23 

L;ma  Natural  Gas  Co.,  Cridersville,  O.,  Minimum  Charge 23 

Lima  Natural  Gas  Co.,  Lima,  Ohio,  Minimum  Charge 22 

Lisbon  Oil  & Gas  Co.  and  The  Beaver  Gas  Co 83 

Lisbon  Oil  & Gas  Co.  and  The  Pennsylvania  & Ohio  Gas  & Oil  Co 83 

Lyons  Mutual  Tele.  Co.,  Investigation 115 

Massillon  Board  of  Trade  Company  vs.  Pennsylvania  Company  and  The 

Baltimore.  & Ohio  Railroad  Company 26 

Manchester  Tele.  Co.,  Investigation 116 

Mahoning  Valley  Water  Company,  Issuing  Bonds 71 

Malinta  Mutual  Tele.  Co.,  Investigation 116 

Madison  Tele.  Co.  and  Peoples  Tele.  Co 8 

Marion  Water  Company,  Preferred  Stock 4 

Maumee,  Village  of,  vs.  Ohio  Electric  Ry 27 

Mecca  Tele.  Co.,  Investigation 117 

Medina  Gas  & Fuel  Co.,  Issuing  Bonds 43 

Men’s  Club  of  Rubicon  vs.  The  Dayton  Power  & Light  Co 15 

Mt.  Sterling  Tele.  Co.  and  Central  Union  Tele.  Co 19 

Mt.  Vernon  Electric  Company,  Schedule  of  rates 24 

Mt.  Vernon  Electric  Company,  Supplement  of  Schedule  of  Rates 82 

Muskingum  County  Farmers’  Tele.  Co.,  Investigation 116 

McComb  Home  Tele.  Co.  and  Central  Union  Tele.  Co 106 

M'cComb,  Ohio,  village  of,  vs.  N.  Y.,  Chicago  & St.  L.  R.  R.  Co 7 


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Nelsonville  Coal  Co.,  Earl  D.  Carr,  Receiver,  vs.  Hocking  Valley  Ry. 

Co.  and  The  Cleveland,  Cincinnati,  Chicago  & St.  Louis  Ry.  Co N 111 

New  Ashley  Tele.  Co.  and  Kilbourne  Mutual  Tele.  Co 30 

New  Concord  Tele.  Co.,  Capital  Stock 88 

New  Concord  Tele.  Co.  and  Central  Union  Tele.  Co < 121 

New  Concord  Tele.  Co.,  Increase  of  charge  for  service 88 

New  Lebanon  Tele.  Co.  and  Central  Union  Tele.  Co 106 

New  Lisbon  Gas  Co.,  Issuing  Bonds 58 

New  Madison  Lighting  Co.,  Common  Stock 67 

New  Lexington  Water  Co.,  Issuing  Bonds 9 

New  York,  Chicago  & St.  Louis  Ry.  Co.  vs.  McComb,  Ohio 7 

New  York,  Chicago  & St.  Louis  Ry.  Co.  vs.  Village  of  Oakwood 54 

“New  York  Central  Lines  Equipment  Trust  of  1912.”  Lake  Shore  & 

Michigan  Southern  Ry.  Co.  and  Cleveland,  Cincinnati,  Chicago  & St. 

Louis  Ry.  Co...' 52 

Norfolk  & Western  Ry.  Co.,  Capital  Stock 91 

North  Randall  Ry.  Co.,  Capital  Stock 110 

Northern  Ohio  Traction  & Light  Co.,  Capital  Stock 94 

Oberlin  Tele.  Co.  and  Central  Union  Tele.  Co 74 

Ohio  Valley  Electric  Ry.  Co.  and  I ronton  Electric  Co 61 

Ohio  Valley  Gas  Co.,  Minimum  Charge  and  Sliding  Scale 46 

Ohio  Electric  Ry.  Co.  vs.  L.  Vinney  Company 76 

Ohio  Electric  Ry.  Co.  vs.  Village  of  Maumee 27 

Oakwood,  Village  of,  vs.  N.  Y.  C.  & St.  L.  R.  R.  Co. 54 

Patton  Tele.  Co.  vs.  Harrison  & Jefferson  Tele.  Co 7 

Pennsylvania  Co.  vs.  Bemis  & Vosburg 13 

Peoples  Telephone  Company  and  Madison  Tele.  Co 8 

Home  Tele.  Co.  of  Plattsburg  and  Central  Union  Tele.  Co 103 

Port  William  Mutual  Tele.  Co.,  Investigation 117 

Proctorville  Central  Tele.  Co.,  Investigation 117 

Pennsylvania  Company  and  The  Baltimore  & Ohio  R.  R.  Co.  vs.  The 

Massillon  Board  of  Trade  Company 26 

Pennsylvania  and  Ohio  Gas  & Oil  Co.  and  Lisbon  Oil  & Gas  Co 83 

River  Gas  Co.  and  Chesterhill  Fuel  & Light  Co 29 

Rock  Creek  Citizens  Tele  Co.  and  Central  Union  Tele.  Co 123 

Salem  Elec.  Light  & Power  Co.  and  Columbiana  Light  & Power  Co 74 

Salem  Elec.  Light  & Power  Co.,  Minimum  Charge  & Sliding  Scale 94 

Scott  Home  Tele.  Co.  and  Central  Union  Tele.  Co.. 85 

South  Charleston  Home  Tele.  Co.  and  Central  Union  Tele.  Co 102 

South-Dayton  Railroad  Co.,  Issuing  Bonds 69 

Southern  Hotel  Company  and  Union  Depot  Company .3 

Spencerville  Tele.  Co.,  Classification  of  Service, 65 

Springfield  & Washington  Ry.  Co.,  Issuing  Bonds 40 

Springfield  Light.  Heat  & Power  Co.  vs.  Louis  J.  Sturnpf 103 

Stark  Elec.  R.  R.  Co.,  Rates  and  Fares 15 

St.  Marys  Gas  Co.,  Minimum  Charge 24 

Sturnpf,  Louis  J.,  vs.  The  Springfield  Light,  Heat  & Power  Co 103 

Sullivan  Tele.  Co.,  Investigation 118 


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Sycamore  Tele.  Co.,  a corporation,  and  Sycamore  Tele.  C<5.,  & partnership,  86 

State  Line  Tele.  Co.  and  Celina  & Mercer  County  Tele.  Co 108 

Stewart,  Jno.  A.,  Electric  Co.  and  The  Hocking  Power  Co 119 

Tiffin  Water  Works,  Par  Value  Bonds 120 

Tipp  Telephone  Co.,  Investigation 118 

Toledo  Home  Tele.  Co.,  Permission  to  file  rates  on  less  than  statutory 

notice  10 

Tri-State  Gas  Co.,  Minimum  Charge  and  Sliding  Scale 47 

Trumbull  Public  Service  Co.,  Issuing  Gold  Bonds 109 

Union  Depot  Company  and  Southern  Hotel  Company 3 

Union  Gas  & Electric  Co.,  Cincinnati,  Minimum  Charge 12 

Union  Gas  & Electric  Co.,  Cincinnati,  Sliding  Scale 9 

United  Home  (Brookville,  O.)  Tele.  Co.  and  Central  Union  Tele.  Co 105 

Union  Gas  & Electric  Co.,  Cincinnati,  vs.  A.  F.  Herbsleb 39 

Van  Wert  Home  Tele.  Co.  and  Central  Union  Tele.  Co 18 

Vinney  Company,  L.,  vs.  Ohio  Electric  Ry  Co 76 

Wapakoneta  Natural  Gas  Company,  Minimum  Charge 23 

Washington  Gas  & Elec.  Co.,  Washington,  Minimum  Charge 37 

Washington  Gas  & Elec.  Co.,  Bloomingburg,  Minimum  Charge 37 

Waverly,  O.,  Home  Tele.  Co.  and  Central  Union  Tele.  Co 84 

Webster,  W.  N.,  vs.  Baltimore  & Ohio  R.  R.  Co 5 

Wellington  Telephone  Co.,  Issuing  Capital  Stock 98 

Wellington  Telephone  Co.  and  Central  Union  Tele.  Co 97 

West  Milton  Home  Tele.  Co.  and  Central  Union  Tele.  Co 105 

West  Unity  Power  & Light  Co.,  Minimum  Charge  and  Sliding  Scale 48 

Western  Ohio  Railway  Co.,  Issuing  Stock 22 

Wetzel  Gas  Co.,  Minimum  Charge  and  Sliding  Scale 47 

Wheeling  Natural  Gas  Company,  Minimum  Charge  and  Sliding  Scale....  46 

Wilgus  Telephone  Company,  Investigation 118 

Wilmington  Gas,  Light  & Coke  Company,  Capital  Stock 76 


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